Donna Zaccaro recounts the Penultimate battle in the fight for marriage equality in America.
Zaccaro offers an easily digested explanation of what they were up against. We see how the Defense of Marriage Act was born out of a panic that Hawaii’s inclination to legalize gay marriage would spread. The film is quick to make excuses for Bill Clinton, who as president presented himself as an LGBT ally but signed the legislation into law; he was boxed in by Republicans, we’re told, and had little choice. (Um, sure. Same thing with welfare reform and the crime bill, right?)