The Engagement

The story of the fight for gay marriage, the most important civil-rights breakthrough of the new millennium, available now:

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Ten years ago, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law of the land — something even more stunning in retrospect than it did in the moment.

If Obergefell had arrived at the court two years earlier or two years later it likely would have turned out very differently. ->

[Molly Ball @mollyesque]

Great read

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

I’ve got a story to tell you.

It’s about the largest election-fraud conspiracy in American history (until now) and the churchgoing suffragist who partnered with a reformed-murderer-turned-crusading-prosecutor to expose it and send 116 men to prison. —> https://t.co/TKkZK27joC

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Marriage equality is popping up again on ballots nationwide—this time as LGBT activists seek to remove language banning same-sex unions.

Only one thing is missing from the desired rematch over Prop 8: the people who passed it in the first place. —>
https://t.co/TBiPHPv8ci

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

This @nytimesbooks display of the "Best Books Since 2000" is great scrolling fun, and nice to see my @Engagement_Book made the cut. https://t.co/vYClkMBLBN

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

"Is it destabilizing or demobilizing our base? Is it persuading voters? If not, it is a problem for society. But it’s not a 50-plus-one problem.”

How the Biden campaign braintrust views the disinformation threat, from my new book THE LIE DETECTIVES:
https://t.co/XhrHTUv1Qu

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

For over a decade, people have asked when I would write a sequel to @victorylab. I had no good answer until now:

"THE LIE DETECTIVES: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age" will be out next week.

Learn more and order: https://t.co/W0kUaPfD8V

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Disinformation is destroying democracy. Can it make our political campaigns better?

I make the case in this Saturday's @wsj, inspired by my new book THE LIE DETECTIVES, out next week: https://t.co/tPNuu3lRE6

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

This week @JoeBiden will host a South Lawn ceremony to enact the Respect for Marriage Act. It undoes the Defense of Marriage Act, which @BillClinton signed at midnight out of public view.

From @Engagement_Book, here is the full story of how that happened: https://t.co/Jrj7wQKAIC

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

"When Baehr v. Lewin was filed in 1991, same-sex marriage was considered an oxymoron. Few, other than the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, believed it was possible."

Read Baehr attorney @danielf04945154 on the long road to this week's Senate vote. https://t.co/JOLgk16O1w

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

Whoa! This basically mirrors what @SIssenberg said about Sinema and Arizona's same-sex marriage ballot initiative shaped how she views bipartisanship.

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

The surprise shouldn't be in @TulsiGabbard leaving the Democratic party but in having ended up there in the first place. She is scion of a political dynasty responsible for mobilizing the world's first organized opposition to same-sex marriage rights.

From my @Engagement_Book:

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

#OnThisDay in 1996...President @BillClinton made the Defense of Marriage Act law, with a late-night signing that left questions about his motives. #history #politics #lgbthistory #samesexmarriage #lgbt https://t.co/KHXMVCmt4j

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

#OnThisDay in 1996... Judge Kevin Chang gaveled Baehr v. Miike to order at 8:33 a.m., marking the first time that the question of same-sex marriage rights had ever come to trial in an American courtroom. #Hawaii #history #politcs #lgbthistory #lgbt https://t.co/l1B7KaWfXh

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

I spy

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

You can read the op-ed here: https://t.co/tT4HUu7kmT

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

Last night, @sissenberg joined @AliciaOnMSNBC
to discuss his recent @politico op-ed on how the debate over same-sex marriage continues to be an important issue for Democrats.
https://t.co/rHNQVju6du via
@msnbc @AliciaMenendez #AmericanVoices #politics

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Schumer says he wants to see how much GOP support there is for gay marriage protections before bringing it to the floor, but lots of Rs won’t say how they’ll vote until he does. Some Dems want to delay recess to get it done https://t.co/Go4EPtEMcP

[The Engagement @Engagement_Book]

#OnThisDay in 2005: #Canada became the world's fourth country to legalize same-sex marriage throughout its borders with the enactment of the #CivilMarriageAct. Here's what happened: https://t.co/m2gGhS1ff8 #history #politics #lgbt