From the closet to the altar : courts, backlash, and the struggle for same-sex marriage /

From the closet to the altar : courts, backlash, and the struggle for same-sex marriage / Michael J. Klarman.

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Publisher's description: Same-sex marriage, a politically and culturally untenable idea only a quarter century ago, has become one of the most controversial issues in American life. Social conservatives are adamantly opposed to it and vote-conscious liberal politicians tiptoe around it, but an...

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Main Author: Klarman, Michael J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Gay couples > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > United States > States.
Civil unions > Law and legislation > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • World War II to Stonewall (1950s and 1960s)
  • Stonewall to Bowers (1970s and 1980s)
  • Hawaii and the "Defense of Marriage" (1990s)
  • Baker (Vermont) and Lawrence (1999-2003)
  • Goodridge (Massachusetts) and its backlash (2003-2008)
  • The gay marriage spring (2009)
  • Backlash (again) : Maine and Iowa (2009-2010)
  • To the present
  • Why backlash? part 1 : courts and public opinion
  • Why backlash? part 2 : politics and federalism
  • Looking to the future : the inevitability of gay marriage.

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