The Alpha Pre-Marriage Kit: Special Book Edition With Removable Forms (The Alpha Non-Lawyer Legal Kits)

The Alpha Pre-Marriage Kit: Special Book Edition With Removable Forms (The Alpha Non-Lawyer Legal Kits)
by Kermit Burton

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The complete do-it-yourself Pre-Marriage Kit with both Pre-Marriage and Living Together Agreements, for either preserving the existing ownership of each party's property or equally sharing the ownership when living together. Includes completed examples of each form.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #212024 in Books
• Published on: 1997
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

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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

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
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• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages