Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse? What We've Learned from the Evidence

Name: Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse? What We've Learned from the Evidence
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ISBN: 9780195187519

ISBN-10: 0195187512

ISBN-13: 9780195187519

Edition: 2006

Authors: William N. Eskridge, Darren R. Spedale, William N. Eskridge

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Opponents of same-sex marriage in the United States often claim that allowing gays and lesbians to marry will lead to the downfall of the institution of marriage and will harm children. Drawing from 16 years of data and experience with same-sex unions in Scandinavia, Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? is the first book to present empirical evidence about the results of same-sex marriage (in the form of registered partnerships) from the Nordic countries. Spedale and Eskridge demonstrate that conservative defense-of-marriage arguments that predict negative effects from gay marriage are invalid, and the Scandinavian experience suggests that the institution of marriage may indeed benefit…

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List price: $78.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/18/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Introduction: Toward a Brave New World



The Evolving Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the United States



The Same-Sex Marriage Debate in Scandinavia and the Rest of Europe



A New Look for Legal Unions: Sixteen Years of Scandinavian Partnerships and the Changing Conception of Family



The Benefits of Same-Sex Marriage: Lessons from Scandinavia



Modern Scandinavian Families and the Defense-of-Marriage Argument



Drawing Lines: Scandinavian Lessons for the American Marriage Debate


Epilogue: I Now Pronounce You ...: An Emerging Menu of Relationship Options


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