Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law (Queer Action/ Queer Ideas)
By Unknown Author.
Description
The debate over marriage equality for same-sex couples rages across the country. Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage boldly moves the discussion forward by focusing on the larger, more fundamental issue of marriage and the law. The root problem, asserts law professor and LGBT rights activist Nancy Polikoff, is that marriage is a bright dividing line between those relationships that legally matter and those that don't. A woman married to a man for nine months is entitled to Social Security survivor's benefits when he dies; a woman living for nineteen years with a man or woman to who...
ISBN(s)
0807044326, 9780807044322
