The Right to Marry (1996) Online
- Original Title :
- The Right to Marry
- Genre :
- Creative Work / Documentary
- Year :
- 1996
- Directror :
- Demian
- Cast :
- Faygele BenMiriam,Phyllis Burke,Ben Cable
- Writer :
- Steve Bryant,Demian
- Type :
- Creative Work
- Time :
- 1h 14min
- Rating :
- 6.3/10
This 1996 video was the first documentary about the struggle for legal marriage in the U.S. While a growing number now support the right to legal marriage, at that time, too few understood the magnitude of what was at stake. The radical right-wing forces understood. Same-sex marriage -- and domestic partner recognition of any sort -- was lambasted, and continues to be targeted, in their TV and radio programs, anti-gay videos, as well as in all of their political endeavors. The video contains interviews with: Rev. Mel White, well known from his "60 Minutes" appearance and his book "Stranger at the Gate: To be gay and Christian in America;" Phyllis Burke, author of "Family Values: A lesbian mother's fight for her son;" Richard Mohr, author of "A More Perfect Union;" Kevin Cathcart, executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund. The video also highlighted some of the same-sex couples who have sued for legal marriage, with personal recollections from: Faygele ben Miriam,...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Faygele BenMiriam | - | Himself |
| Phyllis Burke | - | Herself |
 | Ben Cable | - | Himself (as Benjamin Cable-McCarthy) |
| Marcial Cable-McCarthy | - | Himself |
| Kevin Cathcart | - | Himself |
| Demian | - | Narrator |
| Frances Fuchs | - | Herself |
| Richard Mohr | - | Himself |
| Susan Reardon | - | Herself |
| Mel White | - | Himself |
| Evan Wolfson | - | Himself |