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America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage
by Daniel R. Pinello
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2006-05-09)
ISBN: 0521613035
EAN: 9780521613033
Dewy Decimal #: 306.8480973090511
Paperback: 230 pages
Edition: 1
Condition: New
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Product Description
America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage chronicles the evolution of the social movement for same-sex marriage in the United States and examines the political controversies surrounding gay people's quest for access to the civil institution of marriage. The book focuses on the momentous events that began in November 2003, when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared unequivocally that the state's conferral of marriage only on opposite-sex couples violated constitutional principles of respect for individual autonomy and equality under law. The decision both triggered a political backlash of national proportion and prompted officials in San Francisco, Multnomah County (OR), Sandoval County (NM), and New Paltz (NY) to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The volume relies on in-depth interviews to provide an insider account of how courts, politicians, and activists maneuver and deal with a cutting-edge social policy issue, as well as real-life narratives about everyday people whom the debate immediately affects.
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Book Description
This book tells engaging first-hand narratives about what happened in Massachusetts, San Francisco, Multnomah County, Sandoval County and New Paltz between November 2003 and September 2005 regarding same-sex couples' attempts to secure access to civil marriage.
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