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Discourse, Identity, and Social Change in the Marriage Equality Debates
Karen Tracy
出版
Oxford University Press
, 2016
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics
Law / General
Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Law / Family Law / General
Law / Family Law / Marriage
Law / Trial Practice
Law / Judicial Power
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies
Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family
ISBN
0190217960
9780190217969
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=680dDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Karen Tracy examines the identity-work of judges and attorneys in state supreme courts as they debated the legality of existing marriage laws. Exchanges in state appellate courts are juxtaposed with the talk that occurred between citizens and elected officials in legislative hearings considering whether to revise state marriage laws. The book's analysis spans ten years, beginning with the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of sodomy laws in 2003 and ending in 2013 when the U.S. Supreme Court declared the federal government's Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, and it particularly focuses on how social change was accomplished through and reflected in these law-making and law-interpreting discourses. Focal materials are the eight cases about same-sex marriage and civil unions that were argued in state supreme courts between 2005 and 2009, and six of a larger number of hearings that occurred in state judicial committees considering bills regarding who should be able to marry. Tracy concludes with analysis of the 2011 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on DOMA, comparing it to the initial 1996 hearing and to the 2013 Supreme Court oral argument about it. The book shows that social change occurred as the public discourse that treated sexual orientation as a "lifestyle" was replaced with a public discourse of gays and lesbians as a legitimate category of citizen.