ISBN:
0814724191
,
9780814724194
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 250 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
346.74401/68
Keywords:
Children of gay parents / England
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Gay couples / Legal status, laws, etc / England
;
Gay couples / Legal status, laws, etc / Wales
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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Same-sex marriage / Law and legislation
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Recht
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Same-sex marriage Law and legislation
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Same-sex marriage Law and legislation
;
Grundrecht
;
Gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe
;
Hip-Hop
;
Jugendkultur
;
Aktivismus
;
Kalifornien
;
USA
;
Massachusetts
;
Kalifornien
;
Massachusetts
;
Gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe
;
Grundrecht
;
USA
;
Hip-Hop
;
Jugendkultur
;
Aktivismus
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
A critical reader of the history of marriage understands that it is an institution that has always been in flux. It is also a decidedly complicated one, existing simultaneously in the realms of religion, law, and emotion. And yet recent years have seen dramatic and heavily waged battles over the proposition of including same sex couples in marriage. Just what is at stake in these battles? This book examines the meanings of marriage for couples in the two first states to extend that right to same sex couples: California and Massachusetts. The two states provide a compelling contrast: while in
