Bill Smith on political operations in the fight to win the freedom to marry /
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Bill Smith on political operations in the fight to win the freedom to marry /
- Creators:
- Smith, Bill, 1974- interviewee. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjw9KVwx6FVRJYHWtF69Xd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020058964, Freedom to Marry Oral History Project., Bancroft Library. Oral History Center, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015152016, and Meeker, Martin, interviewer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005055663
- Abstract:
- Bill Smith, currently Founding Partner of Civitas Public Affairs Group, was Political Director for Gill Action during the multi-year fight for the freedom to marry. Smith was born and raised in Alabama and earned his undergraduate degree from Birmingham Southern College. Right out of college, Smith went to work for political campaigns, including a stint working for Karl Rove and Company. Smith political affiliations changed as a result of President Bush's support of Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have written discrimination into the US Constitution. Smith worked with the Log Cabin Republicans and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund before joining Gill Action, where he became National Political Director. In this interview, Smith discusses the political operations of the broad campaign to win the freedom to marry from the vantage point of a 501(c)(4) political organization
- Extent:
- 1 volume (x, 25 pages) ;
- Language:
- English
Background
- Physical description:
- 1 volume (x, 25 pages) ; 29 cm
- Dimensions:
- 29 cm
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Same-sex marriage
Marriage law
Gay rights
Law and legislation
Gay conservatives
Personnes homosexuelles
Mariage
Homosexuels
Droits
Conservateurs homosexuels
United States
Gill Action
Smith, Bill, 1974- - Places:
- United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Access and use
- Terms of access:
- Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. Copyright to this work may be held by the UC Regents and managed by The Bancroft Library.
- Location of this collection:
-
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481