Justifying Same Sex Marriage

Author : Louise Richardson-Self
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783483237
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justifying Same-Sex Marriage written by Louise Richardson-Self and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is massive public interest in same-sex marriage, a controversial topic that is rarely out of the media. This book investigates the extent to which legalizing same-sex marriage can contribute to ending the discrimination and social stigma faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender men and women (LGBT) in the Western world. This issue breaks down into several further questions: can marriage equality be defended without reinforcing the idea that marriage is the most/only valuable form of intimate relationship? Can marriage equality be defended without further marginalizing non-conforming LGBT people? What kind of equality should LGBT people strive for? What critical agency might they lose when this equality is achieved? What institutional legacies should we embrace? The book focuses on human rights arguments supporting same-sex marriage and questions whether they are likely to both justify legal change and encourage shifts in the sociopolitical reception of LGBT people. After critically analyzing various arguments in favor of same-sex marriage, the author puts forward a justification that allows for marriage equality and does not result in the assimilation of queer identities into heteronormative identity.

Author : Justin Healey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781922084019
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same-sex Marriage Debate written by Justin Healey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Same-sex marriages are currently not permitted under Australian federal law. Although same-sex couples in a de facto relationship have had most of the legal rights of married couples since July 2009, there is however no national registered partnership or civil union scheme.

Author : Mark Strasser
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage written by Mark Strasser and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the constitutional dimensions of the same-sex marriage referenda in Hawaii and Alaska, and discusses the limited conditions under which the US constitution allows states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages validly celebrated in a sister state.

Author : Gerry Boehme
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635925
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same-Sex Marriage written by Gerry Boehme and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all U.S. states, ruling that the Constitution guarantees marriage rights to all citizens regardless of their sexual preference. The historic decision was hailed as a major victory by LGBT-rights advocates, but opponents condemned it as an assault on traditional values. This timely, essential volume traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court case, including the arguments for and against same-sex marriage that still rage today.

Author : Jonathan Rauch
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429936746
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gay Marriage written by Jonathan Rauch and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading Washington journalist argues that gay marriage is the best way to preserve and protect society's most essential institution Two people meet and fall in love. They get married, they become upstanding members of their community, they care for each other when one falls ill, they grow old together. What's wrong with this picture? Nothing, says Jonathan Rauch, and that's the point. If the two people are of the same sex, why should this chain of events be any less desirable? Marriage is more than a bond between individuals; it also links them to the community at large. Excluding some people from the prospect of marriage not only is harmful to them, but is also corrosive of the institution itself. The controversy over gay marriage has reached a critical point in American political life as liberals and conservatives have begun to mobilize around this issue, pro and con. But no one has come forward with a compelling, comprehensive, and readable case for gay marriage-until now. Jonathan Rauch, one of our most original and incisive social commentators, has written a clear and honest manifesto explaining why gay marriage is important-even crucial-to the health of marriage in America today. Rauch grounds his argument in commonsense, mainstream values and confronting the social conservatives on their own turf. Gay marriage, he shows, is a "win-win-win" for strengthening the bonds that tie us together and for remaining true to our national heritage of fairness and humaneness toward all.

Author : Andrew Koppelman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300135130
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same Sex, Different States written by Andrew Koppelman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comparative history devoted to the revolutionary tradition in the West as it evolved over many centuries and reached its logical, though extreme, culmination in the Communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Unique in the breadth of its scope, "History's Locomotives" is also unique in its interpretation of the origins and history of socialism as well as the meanings of the Russian Revolution, the rise of the Soviet regime, and the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union. The masterwork of a historian in whom a fine sense of historical particularity never interfered with the ability to see the large picture, this book explores religious conflicts in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, the revolutions in England, American, and France, and the twentieth-century Russian explosions into revolution. Malia finds that twentieth-century revolutions have deep roots in European history and that revolutionary thought and action underwent a process of radicalization from one great revolution to the next. He offers an original view of the phenomenon of revolution and a fascinating assessment of its power as a driving force in history.

Author : Patricia M. Stockland
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617852619
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same-sex Marriage written by Patricia M. Stockland and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the controversial viewpoints regarding same-sex marriages.

Author : Mathew D. Staver
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0805431969
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same-sex Marriage written by Mathew D. Staver and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staver argues that the allowing of same-sex marriages in San Francisco speaks to the homosexual agenda's cultural assault and the church's timidity in confronting it.

Author : Patricia M. Stockland
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1604538198
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same-sex Marriage written by Patricia M. Stockland and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the controversial viewpoints regarding same-sex marriages.

Author : Angioletta Sperti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782256431
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constitutional Courts, Gay Rights and Sexual Orientation Equality written by Angioletta Sperti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last fifteen years constitutional issues regarding the rights of gays, lesbians and same-sex couples have emerged on a global scale. The pace of recognition of their fundamental rights, both at judicial and legislative level, has dramatically increased across different jurisdictions, reflecting a growing consensus toward sexual orientation equality. This book considers a wide-range of decisions by constitutional and international courts, from the decriminalization of sexual acts to the recognition of same-sex marriage and parental rights for same-sex couples. It discusses analogies and differences in judicial arguments and rationales in such cases, focusing in particular on human dignity, privacy, liberty, equality and non-discrimination. It argues that courts operate as major exporters of models and principles and that judicial cross-fertilization also helps courts in increasing the acceptability of gays' and lesbians' rights in public opinions and politics. Courts discuss changes in the social perception of marriage and family at national and international levels and at the same time confirm and reinforce them, forging the legal debate over sexual orientation equality. Furthermore, by promoting the political reception of the achievements of foreign gay movements in their own jurisdictions, courts play an essential role in breaking the political stalemate.