UID:
almafu_9961252462802883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 1,026 pages).
ISBN:
0-300-25574-8
Series Statement:
Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
Content:
The definitive history of the marriage equality debate in the United States, praised by Library Journal as'beautifully and accessibly written.....An essential work.” As a legal scholar who first argued in the early 1990s for a right to gay marriage, William N. Eskridge Jr. has been on the front lines of the debate over same†‘sex marriage for decades. In this book, Eskridge and his coauthor, Christopher R. Riano, offer a panoramic and definitive history of America's marriage equality debate. The authors explore the deeply religious, rabidly political, frequently administrative, and pervasively constitutional features of the debate and consider all angles of its dramatic history. While giving a full account of the legal and political issues, the authors never lose sight of the personal stories of the people involved, or of the central place the right to marry holds in a person's ability to enjoy the dignity of full citizenship. This is not a triumphalist or one†‘sided book but a thoughtful history of how the nation wrestled with an important question of moral and legal equality. -- Provided by publisher.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms -- Prelude. A Family Vacation
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1. Coming Out of the Constitutional Closet -- 2. Opening Pandora’s Box -- 3. Trojan Horses -- 4 . Aloha, Same-Sex Marriage -- 5. Defense of Marriage -- 6. A Place at the Table -- 7. Equality Practice -- 8. The Cinderella Moment -- 9. Cinderella Under Siege -- 10. The New Maginot Line -- 11. The Winter of Love -- 12. Latter d-ay Constitutionalists -- 13. Love Makes a Family -- 14. “Restore Marriage ” -- 15. 8, the Trial -- 16. Three Men in a Room -- 17. Obama’s Team Gay -- 18. Behind the Glass -- 19. The Perfect Wife -- 20. Hijacking Science -- 21. Self-Determination -- 22. From Outlaws to In-Laws -- 23. The Golden Rule -- 24. Families We Choose
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Postscript. And It Ends with Family -- Appendices -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-22181-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.12987/9780300255744
