Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding
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- Create Date：2021-06-10 04:31:32
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Rob Sanders
- ISBN：1499809565
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Summary
This is the story of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell and their inspiring story becoming the first married gay couple in the US fifty years ago。
Long before marriage equality was the law of the land， two grooms stood on a wedding cake with their feet firmly planted in fluffy white frosting。 That cake belonged to Jack Baker and Michael McConnell， who were wed on September 3， 1971， becoming the first same-sex couple in America to be legally married。 Their struggle to obtain a marriage license in Minnesota and their subsequent appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States is an under-told story of LGBT history。 This beautiful book celebrates the love story of two pioneers of marriage equality for all through the baking of their wedding cake！
Long before marriage equality was the law of the land， two grooms stood on a wedding cake with their feet firmly planted in fluffy white frosting。 That cake belonged to Jack Baker and Michael McConnell， who were wed on September 3， 1971， becoming the first same-sex couple in America to be legally married。 Their struggle to obtain a marriage license in Minnesota and their subsequent appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States is an under-told story of LGBT history。 This beautiful book celebrates the love story of two pioneers of marriage equality for all through the baking of their wedding cake！
Reviews
Marissa Burkey
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This story follows two men and their journey to get married while two male wedding cake toppers tell the story of how their cake was made。There are two pages in the back that follow the timeline of same-sex and LGBTQ+ rights， and a following two that show actual pictures of the couple's lives together including their marriage certificate。 This story follows two men and their journey to get married while two male wedding cake toppers tell the story of how their cake was made。There are two pages in the back that follow the timeline of same-sex and LGBTQ+ rights， and a following two that show actual pictures of the couple's lives together including their marriage certificate。 。。。more
Addie Healy
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The perfect book to introduce children to the history of the LGBTQ+ movement， particularly in regard to legalizing same sex marriage。 I liked how the narrative was structured around the creation of a wedding cake while sprinkling in the true story of the first two men to get legally married。 The timeline and factual information in the back is also a great resource。
Kirsti Call
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Brilliant and fresh approach to a narrative nonfiction。
Jarrod
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A love story with playful and beautiful illustrations。 This is an important book for all ages to help all of us understand the world around us。
Jeimy
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After being denied a marriage license， Jack and Michael come up with a plan so that they could legally wed。 Their home state did not want to make a big deal out it， so they were allowed to remain legally married。I did not know their story and it both made me smile and made me sad。 How many other couples could have led happily married life if they had come up with a plan similar to Jack and Michael's？ After being denied a marriage license， Jack and Michael come up with a plan so that they could legally wed。 Their home state did not want to make a big deal out it， so they were allowed to remain legally married。I did not know their story and it both made me smile and made me sad。 How many other couples could have led happily married life if they had come up with a plan similar to Jack and Michael's？ 。。。more
Laura
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Two Grooms on a Cake- The Story of America's First Gay Wedding is written by Rob Sanders and illustrated by Robbie Cathro。 It is a children's book that tells the love story of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell。 It tells their story and how they became the first gay couple to get married。 It tells their live story and the fight for marriage equality in the United States， by comparing it to baking a cake。I am so greatful that children's book exist that represent different types of families。 I can't Two Grooms on a Cake- The Story of America's First Gay Wedding is written by Rob Sanders and illustrated by Robbie Cathro。 It is a children's book that tells the love story of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell。 It tells their story and how they became the first gay couple to get married。 It tells their live story and the fight for marriage equality in the United States， by comparing it to baking a cake。I am so greatful that children's book exist that represent different types of families。 I can't wait to share this book with younger kids。 This book shares a beautiful message and celebrates love。 。。。more
Haia
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Two Grooms on a CakeBy Rob Sanders， Illustrated by Robbie CathroReading this book feels like eating a slice of my favorite cake baked by someone I love。 The concept is both powerful and adorable。 The drawings are colorful and perfectly integrate the metaphor of the cake and the actual love story。 The writing is deceptively simple， so the historic story is framed in such a way that children this book can understand it and be swept along with the lyrical lines as well as the beautiful illustration Two Grooms on a CakeBy Rob Sanders， Illustrated by Robbie CathroReading this book feels like eating a slice of my favorite cake baked by someone I love。 The concept is both powerful and adorable。 The drawings are colorful and perfectly integrate the metaphor of the cake and the actual love story。 The writing is deceptively simple， so the historic story is framed in such a way that children this book can understand it and be swept along with the lyrical lines as well as the beautiful illustrations。 This is exactly the type of children’s book we need， exactly the type of book I want to fill my shelves with when I have children。🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰 。。。more
Adriana （SaltyBadgerBooks）
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This was super cute！！！ I liked how it was playful and explained things in a way that （hopefully） kids will understand。 I adore how they used baking as a way to explain love and dating！ I mean who would have thought of that？！ Like I know people say you cook/bake WITH love。 But I don't recall anyone has ever compared dating/love to baking/cooking。 ANYWAYS the illustrations are absolutely adorable too！！！ It was so fun and colorful， despite the slightly sad undertone there is in the book （hello， it' This was super cute！！！ I liked how it was playful and explained things in a way that （hopefully） kids will understand。 I adore how they used baking as a way to explain love and dating！ I mean who would have thought of that？！ Like I know people say you cook/bake WITH love。 But I don't recall anyone has ever compared dating/love to baking/cooking。 ANYWAYS the illustrations are absolutely adorable too！！！ It was so fun and colorful， despite the slightly sad undertone there is in the book （hello， it's the first gay marriage in the US it wasn't gonna be easy for them， and they were of course told no）。 I really hope that there is a family out there who reads this to their child and the child asks "but why couldn't they get married， they love each other。" I need to know that a set of parental units have raised their children to see this book as love is love and not two men trying to get married。 Either way I loved this book and you should love it too。 。。。more
BrittainX
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This is so cute。 A short picture book about the first legal gay marriage in the US- and it wasn't in California。 These sneaky gays found a loophole in their state's law- hay marriage was never explicitly banned。 Married in 1971 and are still together today！ This is so cute。 A short picture book about the first legal gay marriage in the US- and it wasn't in California。 These sneaky gays found a loophole in their state's law- hay marriage was never explicitly banned。 Married in 1971 and are still together today！ 。。。more
Krithi
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**ARC provided by Hear Our Voices tours**This book is creative， as it is told through the perspectives of Jake Baker， Michael McConnell， and the wedding toppers。 The plot line focuses on how Jake and Michael met， and uses baking a cake as a way to tell this love story！ I thought it was a really interesting addition to include some of the law and acts of the time period as well， to give the historical context。 In my opinion， the book is definetly suited for elementary age children。 My only hope i **ARC provided by Hear Our Voices tours**This book is creative， as it is told through the perspectives of Jake Baker， Michael McConnell， and the wedding toppers。 The plot line focuses on how Jake and Michael met， and uses baking a cake as a way to tell this love story！ I thought it was a really interesting addition to include some of the law and acts of the time period as well， to give the historical context。 In my opinion， the book is definetly suited for elementary age children。 My only hope is this book reaches the hands of many elementary aged children and it makes them as happy as this book made me！ As someone who has studied queer history and is passionate about it， I always used to get saddened when people would tell me that gay marriage is a taboo topic or that we shouldn’t introduce it to kids。 This book completely changes that and offers children a chance to learn about queer history， something my childhood self would have absolutely loved to learn。 。。。more
Dai Guerra
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This one is getting a different review than I usually write as it is a picture book。 This one is a great story for both children and adults， I think this is best suited for children ages 5+。 I think its a great way to introduce this topic to children and teach them about the first gay wedding and begin the discussion on gay marriage。The story in this book is easy to read and follow along。 I love how this book connected gay marriage to baking a bake。 I liked how as they tell you the story of baki This one is getting a different review than I usually write as it is a picture book。 This one is a great story for both children and adults， I think this is best suited for children ages 5+。 I think its a great way to introduce this topic to children and teach them about the first gay wedding and begin the discussion on gay marriage。The story in this book is easy to read and follow along。 I love how this book connected gay marriage to baking a bake。 I liked how as they tell you the story of baking their cake， they also tell you the story of how the cake owners got married。I like each of the images that accompany the pages of this book as they are fun to look at。 I also really liked that the story is being told by the wedding cake toppers， which made it have a fun twist。Due to the story being told by the wedding toppers we actually get four characters to our story， the two guys who are getting married， and the two narrators。 I liked how these characters are introduced to us and how the narrator describes the guys who are getting married。 I thought it was cute to see how wedding cake toppers thought of a wedding and what they thought about how hard it was for these two men to get married in the first place。 。。。more
Echo
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CWs: homophobiaOVERALL: This is a really cute， informative book that would be so great for children。 I love the illustrations as well as the factual information included。STORY: It was so fun to follow Jack and Michael’s journey and learn more about America’s first legally married gay couple， as well as the battle towards marriage rights for all queer couples。STRUCTURE: The blurb about the real Jack and Michael and timeline at the end were nice！ However， I wish there was slightly more info includ CWs: homophobiaOVERALL: This is a really cute， informative book that would be so great for children。 I love the illustrations as well as the factual information included。STORY: It was so fun to follow Jack and Michael’s journey and learn more about America’s first legally married gay couple， as well as the battle towards marriage rights for all queer couples。STRUCTURE: The blurb about the real Jack and Michael and timeline at the end were nice！ However， I wish there was slightly more info included in the timeline。 For example， it mentions the Defense of Marriage Act， but doesn’t explain what the act was， so a reader who hasn’t previously heard of DOMA has no idea if that’s good or bad for queer couples。 The other issue I had with the book is that the text was REALLY small。 This makes it inaccessible to many disabled readers， including myself; I was only able to read it because I had a digital copy and could zoom in。ILLUSTRATIONS: I absolutely love the art style of the illustrations！ the muted， vintage color palette added such a nice vibe and the drawings were so detailed。 。。。more
Brianna
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