From the Closet to the Altar : Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage.

Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong?Bancroft Prize-winning hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klarman, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
Temas:
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.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Civil unions > Law and legislation
Gay couples > Legal status, laws, etc.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > U.S. states
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong?Bancroft Prize-winning historian and legal expert Michael Klarman here offers an illuminating and engaging account of modern litigation over same-sex marriage. After looking at the treatment of gays in the decades after World War II and the birth of the modern gay rights movement with the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969, Klarma.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:019992211X
9780199922116

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