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Same sex marriage : the personal and the political.

In the past three years, Canada has witnessed landmark court rulings in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec making it legal for gay men and lesbian women to marry. Legislation in the Netherlands and Belgium have also extended marriage to same-sex couples. Legal challenges before the U.S. courts in Hawaii, Verm...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lahey, Kathy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : Insomniac Press, 2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the past three years, Canada has witnessed landmark court rulings in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec making it legal for gay men and lesbian women to marry. Legislation in the Netherlands and Belgium have also extended marriage to same-sex couples. Legal challenges before the U.S. courts in Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon and California have had the same goal in mind. The same-sex marriage phenomenon is characterized on the one hand by intense personal joys and on the other by long-standing activism and historic legal reasoning. Same-Sex Marriage tells both stories: the experiences of coupl.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1897414986
9781897414989