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America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage
Daniel R. Pinello
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2006-05-22
主題
Family & Relationships / LGBTQ
Political Science / General
Political Science / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family
Social Science / Gender Studies
Social Science / Regional Studies
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
ISBN
0521848563
9780521848565
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=A_jA20D3U9cC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.