Beyond Straight and Gay Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law
- ISBN-10
- 0807044326
- ISBN-13
- 9780807044322
- Category
- Civil unions
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Nancy D. Polikoff
Description
A study of the fight for marriage equality furnishes an effective argument for why married couples, whether they are gay or straight, should not receive special rights under American law that are denied to other families, analyzing the larger political, social, and economic issues of marriage and family law as they pertain to unmarried couples, single-parent households, and other family relationships.
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