Church & State is the improbable story of a brash, inexperienced gay activist and a tiny Salt Lake City law firm that joined forces to topple Utah’s gay marriage ban. The film’s ride on the bumpy road to equality in Utah offers a glimpse at the Mormon church’s influence in state politics and the squabbles inside the gay community that nearly derailed a chance to make history. Church & State is a story of triumph, setback and a little-known lawsuit that should have failed, but instead paved the way for a U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized gay unions nationwide.
Directed byHolly Tuckett, Kendall Wilcox
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- August 10, 2018
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Cast & crew
Jennifer Lynn Dobner
Herself - Reporter, the Salt Lake Tribune
Mark Lawrence
Himself - Founder, Restore Our Humanity
Jim Magleby
Himself - Lawyer - Managing Partner, Magleby & Greenwood
Taylor Petrey
Himself - Religious Studies Professor, Kalamazoo College
Peggy Tomsic
Herself - Lead Lawyer for the Kitchen Case - Partner, Magleby & Greenwood
Derek Kitchen
self
Moudi Sbeity
self
- Directed by
- Holly TuckettKendall Wilcox
- Written by
- Kendall Wilcox
- Produced by
- James Huntsman
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