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.
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Jennifer Lynn Dobner as Herself - Reporter, the Salt Lake Tribune
Mark Lawrence as Himself - Founder, Restore Our Humanity
Jim Magleby as Himself - Lawyer - Managing Partner, Magleby & Greenwood
Taylor Petrey as Himself - Religious Studies Professor, Kalamazoo College
Peggy Tomsic as Herself - Lead Lawyer for the Kitchen Case - Partner, Magleby & Greenwood
Derek Kitchen as self
Moudi Sbeity as self
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Holly Tuckett · Director, Cinematographer
Kendall Wilcox · Director, Writer
Nami Melumad · Composer
Torben Bernhard · Cinematographer, Editor
James Huntsman · Producer
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