Title:
Harry Knox on the early years of Freedom to Marry
Creator/Contributor:
Knox, Harry, 1961-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Meeker, Martin, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Freedom to Marry Oral History Project
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Oral History Center,, issuing body.
Abstract:
Harry Knox was Freedom to Marry's first program director, serving in that position from 2003 to 2005. Knox was born in 1961
in Massachusetts and raised in Georgia. He studied at the University of Georgia and Miami University of Ohio; he studied to
be ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ, but his ordination was rejected by that denomination. He went on
to form George Equality in 1996 and served as that organization's executive director from 1998 to 2001. In this interview,
Knox discusses the early years of Freedom to Marry including efforts to engage with state-based LGBT organizations, establishing
coalitions with faith-based and people of color groups, and getting the United Church of Christ to endorse marriage for same-sex
couples.
Date:
2015 (issued)
Subject:
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Same-sex marriage -- United States
Same-sex marriage -- United States -- Religious aspects
Marriage law -- United States
Gay rights -- United States
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States
Homosexuels -- Mariage -- États-Unis
Homosexuels -- Mariage -- États-Unis -- Aspect religieux
Homosexuels -- Droits -- États-Unis
Gay rights
Marriage law
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation
Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects
United States
Freedom to Marry.
United Church of Christ.
United Church of Christ.
Knox, Harry -- 1961- -- Interviews
Note:
Harry Knox ; interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2015.
Forms part of: Freedom to Marry Oral History Project.
Interview transcript also available online.
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.
Type:
oral histories (literary works)
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Histoires orales.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (x, 32 pages) ; 29 cm
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
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.