Ben Waber reviewed Speak Now by Kenji Yoshino
A Legal Scholarship-Sprinkled Play-by-Play
4 stars
Yoshino provides a legal scholar's view into the central case for same-sex marriage equality. This book is very focused on the trial itself, with Yoshino providing informed play-by-play and also adding his personal perspective as a married gay man with children. While this issue has faded a bit from popular consciousness over the years, it's important to remember how recent this was, and the legal reasoning Yoshino and this case provides is still enlightening. I only wish there was more background material - very little on gay rights and marriage equality more broadly is incorporated beyond a few short references. Highly recommend