About the Author

Suzanne Goldberg is an attorney with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Lisa Keen is Senior Editor at the Washington Blade newspaper.

Reviews

On November 3, 1992, a majority of Colorado voters approved Amendment 2, a measure placed on the ballot by the right-wing religious group Colorado for Family Values, amending the state constitution to allow "no protected status based on homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation." A lawsuit was immediately filed against the initiative, and the ensuing legal battle provides a fascinating look at the political process in the ongoing cultural wars. Keen, an executive editor for the Washington Blade, and Goldberg, a member of the legal team challenging Amendment 2 on behalf of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, clearly and carefully chronicle the background, strategies, proceedings, and arguments of the case, which became known as Romer v. Evans. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the measure unconstitutional, temporarily tempering growing support for copycat measures across the country and reasserting the constitutional promise of democracy and liberty for all. For specialized collections.‘James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.