Published 2010
by Temple University Press in Philadelphia .
Written in English
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Format | eBook |
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Open Library | OL24290932M |
ISBN 10 | 9781592130795 |
Same-Sex Marriage: Selected full-text books and articles When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage By M. V. . Get this from a library! Legalizing gay marriage. [Michael Mello] -- Annotation Every day seems to bring news of legal challenges to existing marriage laws and the constitutionality of any form of union for same-sex partners. In this timely and accessible book. In this timely and accessible book, Michael Mello argues that the public debates and political battles that have divided Vermont and Massachusetts will be repeated across the country as state after state confronts the issue of legalizing gay : Michael Mello. In this timely and accessible book, Michael Mello argues that the public debates and political battles that have divided Vermont and Massachusetts will be repeated across the country as state after state confronts the issue of legalizing gay : $
Michael Mello begins his book,Legalizing Gay Marriage: Vermont and the National Debate, with the astute observation that ʺlike abortion and capital punishment, same-sex marriage sits on the cultural fault line of morality, religion, and law.ʺ Mello explores the topic of same-sex marriage through a fascinating discussion ofBaker , a decision of the Vermont Supreme Court, which, in. Cardinal Danneels congratulated Belgian gvmt for legalizing gay ‘marriage’: new book Wed - am EST Cardinal Godfried Danneels, former archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. [Legalizing gay marriage] is the right thing to do and it is time.” US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, in overturning same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana in Sep. , wrote that the bans “discriminate against a minority defined by an immutable characteristic.” As well as discrimination based on sexual. The same clerk who refused to give them a marriage license, Irene Takeda, was still on duty to give Dancel a legal marriage license when Hawaii legalized gay .
In , Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Section 3 of DOMA—the part of the law that defined marriage as a . Every day seems to bring news of legal challenges to existing marriage laws and the constitutionality of any form of union for same-sex partners. In this timely and accessible book, Michael Mello argues that the public debates and political battles that have divided Vermont and Massachusetts will be repeated across the country as state after state confronts the issue of legalizing gay marriage. In this timely and accessible book, Michael Mello argues that the public debates and political battles that have divided Vermont and Massachusetts will be repeated across the country as state after state confronts the issue of legalizing gay marriage. The Price of Gay Marriage. By Timothy Stewart-Winter. J ; Protesters marched in Manhattan in support of gay rights on J , a month after the Stonewall : Timothy Stewart-Winter.