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Author Wolfson, Evan, 1957-

Title Why marriage matters : America, equality, and gay people's right to marry / Evan Wolfson.

Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2005.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.848 W833w 2005    ---  Available
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed.
Description x, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-231) and index.
Contents What is marriage? -- Why now? -- Will allowing gay couples to marry harm society? -- Isn't marriage for procreation? -- What about the children? -- Isn't marriage a religious matter? -- Why not use another word? -- Will marriages in one state be honored in others? -- Is marriage equality a question of civil rights? -- Why the freedom to marry matters to me -- Appendix A: Big questions, short answers -- Appendix B: Discrimination : protections denied to same-sex couples and their kids -- Appendix C: Getting involved -- Appendix D: Working together.
Subject Same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation.
Gay rights.
Civil rights.
ISBN 0743264592 (pbk.)

 
    
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