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Interview: The Surprising Story of How Gay Marriage Was Won - A Conversation with Sasha Issenberg

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@mosheh / tentwentytwo

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4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

As we mark Pride Month and the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling that legalized gay marriage, Mo News looks at the incredible history and journey of the issue. In less than 25 years, public opinion and laws shifted on same-sex marriage at record speed. Mosheh speaks with journalist Sasha Issenberg, the author of "The Engagement," which documents how the issue got to the nation's highest court.  They spoke about the twists and turns in the struggle--including the debate within the LGBTQ community whether to even pursue marriage equality. Sasha discusses the role of politics, corporations, Hollywood, religious groups and money in the lead up to the landmark 2015 court decision. ----- Mosheh Oinounou @mosheh is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning producer with 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He launched the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020.  Follow Mo News on all platforms: Newsletter: https://monews.bulletin.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosheh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mosheh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoshehNews Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/moshehnews

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Hey, everyone. It's Moshe, I want to know with a special edition of the

0:34.0

Monews podcast as we mark Pride Month and the anniversary of the Supreme Court's

0:39.0

landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

0:42.0

We want to do a deep dive today in the history of the issue.

0:45.0

It's pretty remarkable. In less than 25 years, public opinion and laws

0:50.0

shifted at a speed this country has never seen, not for civil rights

0:54.0

and not for women's rights. Journalist and author Sasha Eisenberg

0:58.0

suggested all in his book the engagement, America's quarter century

1:01.0

struggle over same-sex marriage. The book recently came out as paperback

1:05.0

and was named a New York Times notable book of 2021.

1:09.0

Sasha is a good friend, an incredible journalist and writer,

1:12.0

and he's devoted the last decade of his life to this book

1:15.0

and it shows it's more than 900 pages long.

1:18.0

We try to get to some of the highlights in our conversation today.

1:21.0

We originally spoke last year when the book came out

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