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Enter our Giveaway for a Chance to Win a Signed Galley Copy of “Gay, Catholic, and American”

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples. In celebration of this anniversary, we are giving away a limited number of SIGNED galley copies of Gay, Catholic, and American: My Legal Battle for Marriage Equality and Inclusion (on sale September 1, 2021) by named defendant Greg Bourke.

“Recounting confrontations with the Catholic Church to the Boy Scouts and then fighting the state of Kentucky all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, Gay, Catholic, and American is the powerful story of a man and his family fighting tirelessly for positive change rooted in their belief in the fullness of charity.”

—Jim Obergefell, co-author of Love Wins

In this compelling and deeply affecting memoir, Greg Bourke recounts growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, and living as a gay Catholic. The book describes Bourke’s early struggles for acceptance as an out gay man living in the South during the 1980s and ’90s, his unplanned transformation into an outspoken gay rights activist after being dismissed as a troop leader from the Boy Scouts of America in 2012, and his historic role as one of the named defendants in the landmark United States Supreme Court decision Obergefell vs. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015. Bourke is unapologetically Catholic, and his faith provides the framework for this inspiring story of how he and his husband, Michael De Leon, struggled to overcome antigay discrimination by both the BSA and the Catholic Church and fought to legalize same-sex marriage across the country.

“The events described in this book could be seen as ordinary and unremarkable: a man finds a partner, forms a family, gets married, forges a career, and becomes a leader in his community, all while devotedly practicing his religious faith. But it becomes an extraordinary and exceptional story when you read what it took to pursue happiness, acceptance, and equality in all those arenas of his life while still remaining steadfast in that faith. In this way, Greg Bourke’s Gay, Catholic, and American is also both universal and personal, providing a compelling read for any audience.”

—Christine Becker, author of It’s the Pictures That Got Small

Contact Kathryn Pitts at pitts.5@nd.edu to enquire about openings on Greg Bourke’s virtual or in-person book tour. Gay, Catholic, and American is available for retail purchase through all the standard distribution channels. Contact Longleaf Services for the best direct-from-publisher discounts.

A limited number of signed bookplates will be available exclusively for independent bookstores and direct customer orders. Contact Michelle Sybert at msybert@nd.edu if interested.

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