Why You Should Give A Damn About Gay Marriage

Why You Should Give A Damn About Gay Marriage
by Davina Kotulski
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From the cover of Newsweek, to the Rose Garden at the White House, the long simmering issue of gay marriage has erupted into full boil. While countries such as Canada and Belgium have recently legalized gay marriage, the US seems steadfastly locked in the past. Change, Davina Kotulski argues, will only come through organized activism, but the importance of legalized gay marriage remains unclear to many in the GLBT community. There are no less than 1049 federal rights granted to hetero-sexuals that remain out of reach to gays and lesbians as long as they don’t have the right to marry. This quick and simple read outlines the rights, benefits and protections afforded through marriage, exploring the negative effects of not having these rights through case examples of real couples who have experienced hardships and composite vignettes illustrating how couples can be hurt by lacking access to these protections. Through learning of the great disparity between how same-sex couples are treated compared to heterosexual couples, and of the membership privileges society affords married couples readers of this book will begin to see new possibilities in their lives, and be inspired to join the growing freedom to marry movement.

Davina Kotulski, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with deep roots in the freedom-to-marry movement. She has organized same-sex marriage gay pride contingents throughout Northern California, first with Californian’s for Same-Sex Marriage, and then with Marriage Equality California. She has been active in fighting antigay legislation such as the Knight Initiative, is on the board of Marriage Equality California, and serves on the Education and Religious Outreach Committee of the California Marriage Coalition/Freedom-to-Marry Coalition.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #622908 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .53" h x 5.42" w x 8.46" l, .44 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 202 pages

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law (Queer Ideas)

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law (Queer Ideas)
by Nancy D. Polikoff, Michael Bronski
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage reframes the family-rights debate by arguing that marriage shouldn't bestow special legal privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT, live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended biological family units, and myriad other familial configurations. Nancy D. Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #81680 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-01
• Released on: 2009-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.49" h x .77" w x 5.52" l, .80 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution

Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution
by Evan Gerstmann
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The revised and expanded second edition of Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution makes the case that the Constitution has long protected the right to marry, and that this protection includes the right to marry a person of the same gender. No other book makes this argument. This book addresses other issues, such as why same-sex marriage is completely different, both practically and constitutionally, from polygamy and incest, and it debunks the myth that pro-same-sex marriage decisions have created a backlash against either gays and lesbians or the Democratic Party.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #218047 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .53" h x 6.10" w x 8.88" l, .77 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse: What We've Learned from the Evidence

Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse?: What We've Learned from the Evidence
by William N. Eskridge Jr., Darren R. Spedale
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Opponents of same-sex marriage in the United States claim that allowing gays and lesbians to marry would undermine the institution of marriage, weaken family structures, and cause harm to children. Drawing from 17 years of data and experience with same-sex marriage in Scandinavia (in the form of registered partnerships), Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? is the first book to present empirical evidence about the effects of same-sex marriage on society. Spedale and Eskridge find that the evidence refutes conservative defense-of-marriage arguments and, in fact, demonstrates that the institution of marriage may indeed benefit from the legalization of gay marriage. If we look at the proof from abroad, the authors show, we must conclude that the sanctioning of gay marriage in the United States would neither undermine marriage as an institution, nor harm the wellbeing of our nation's children.

"A very interesting book that people should read."
--Bill O'Reilly, Host, The O'Reilly Factor

"Whatever your views are now on same-sex marriage, this is the book to read to be informed about why same sex couples want legal recognition and what legal union means to them and to the larger community. Spedale and Eskridge give detailed accounts of the effects of registered partnerships in Scandinavia--and along the way, offer fascinating and engaging pictures of many people's lives."
--Martha Minow,
Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor, Harvard Law School

"Spedale and Eskridge illuminate with remarkable even-handedness a debate that tends to generate more heat than light. They provide a cogent analysis of conservative arguments that same-sex matrimony threatens conventional marriage, and argue persuasively that enabling same-sex partners to marry may actually strengthen that beleaguered institution."
--John Podesta,
President and CEO, Center for American Progress

"An important and timely contribution. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the future of families in America."
--Martha Albertson Fineman,
Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Emory Law School

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #532970 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-10
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America

What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America
by Peggy Pascoe
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A long-awaited history that promises to dramatically change our understanding of race in America, What Comes Naturally traces the origins, spread, and demise of miscegenation laws in the United States--laws that banned interracial marriage and sex, most often between whites and members of other races. Peggy Pascoe demonstrates how these laws were enacted and applied not just in the South but throughout most of the country, in the West, the North, and the Midwest. Beginning in the Reconstruction era, when the term miscegenation first was coined, she traces the creation of a racial hierarchy that bolstered white supremacy and banned the marriage of Whites to Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, and American Indians as well as the marriage of Whites to Blacks. She ends not simply with the landmark 1967 case of Loving v. Virginia, in which the Supreme Court finally struck down miscegenation laws throughout the country, but looks at the implications of ideas of colorblindness that replaced them. What Comes Naturally is both accessible to the general reader and informative to the specialist, a rare feat for an original work of history based on archival research.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #280593 in Books
• Published on: 2010-11-01
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 1.20" h x 6.10" w x 9.10" l, 1.19 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry

Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry
by Evan Wolfson
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"At its core, the freedom-to-marry movement is about the same thing every civil rights struggle has been about: taking seriously our country's promise to be a nation its citizens can make better, its promise to be a place where people don't have to give up their differences or hide them in order to be treated equally." Why Marriage Matters offers a compelling, intelligently reasoned discussion of a question at the forefront of our national consciousness. It is the work of one of the most influential attorneys in America, who has dedicated his life to the protection of individuals' rights and our Constitution's commitment to equal justice under the law. Above all, it is a clear, straightforward book that brings into sharp focus the very human significance of the right to marry in America -- not just for some couples, but for all. Why is the word marriage so important? Will marriage for same-sex couples hurt the "sanctity" of the institution? How can people of different faiths reconcile their beliefs with the idea of marriage for same-sex couples? How will allowing gay couples to marry affect children? In this quietly powerful volume, the most authoritative and fairly articulated book on the subject, Wolfson demonstrates why the right to marry is important -- indeed necessary -- for all couples and for America's promise of equality.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #672406 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-24
• Released on: 2005-05-24
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: .80" h x 5.50" w x 8.50" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

What's the Harm: Does Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Really Harm Individuals, Families or Society

What's the Harm?: Does Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Really Harm Individuals, Families or Society?
by Lynn D. Wardle, Martha Bailey, A Dean Byrd, Allan Carlson, Dale Carpenter, Jason S. Carroll, Bryce Christensen, Louis DeSerres, David C. Dollahite, William C. Duncan, Scott FitzGibbon, Edwin Gantt, Marianne M. Jennings, Lynne Marie Kohm, Charles J., Jr. Reid, Charles J. Russo, Vincent J. Samar, Roger Severino, Mark Strasser
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What's the Harm? is an interdisciplinary collection of perspectives on the question of harm—whether legalizing same-sex marriage will cause harm to society, and whether the denial of same-sex marriage causes harm to society. This clarifying and illuminating book explores the societal, familial, individual, and jurisprudential harms of the legalization or prohibition of same-sex marriage. The contributors wrestle with the "what's the harm" question from a variety of academic and professional perspectives, emphasizing the significance and impact of legalizing same-sex marriage for law, government, family relations, and child welfare. What's the Harm? is a valuable resource of diverse insights, arguments, and information that contributes to a deeper understanding of what may be the defining issue of the first decade of the twenty-first century.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1328783 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-22
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 1.20" h x 5.90" w x 8.80" l, 1.35 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 406 pages