Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage Federalist Principles and Constitutional Protections

Name: Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage Federalist Principles and Constitutional Protections
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ISBN: 9780275966249

ISBN-10: 0275966240

ISBN-13: 9780275966249

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Authors: Mark Strasser

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In November 1998, the Hawaii and Alaska electorates voted to amend their state constitutions so that same-sex marriages would not have to be recognized. Rather than end the controversy surrounding same-sex marriages, the passage of these amendments will only spur more litigation, because the referenda themselves implicate constitutional guarantees and because amending a state constitution cannot lessen federal constitutional protections. Since same-sex marriages promote many of the same individual and state interests that opposite-sex marriages do, states will be unable to justify their same-sex marriage bans if those rationales are closely examined. When challenged, the recent…

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List price: $95.00
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 9/30/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Marriage Rights



Equal Protection



The Referenda



Retroactive Legislation



Full Faith and Credit



Subsequent Domiciles and Full Faith and Credit



Natural Law and Same-Sex Marriage



The Defense of Marriage Act


Selected Bibliography


Index