Counted Out Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family

Name: Counted Out Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family
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ISBN: 9780871546883

ISBN-10: 0871546884

ISBN-13: 9780871546883

Edition: 2011

Authors: Brian Powell, Catherine Blozendahl, Claudia Geist, Lala Carr Steelman

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When state voters passed the California Marriage Protection Act (Proposition 8) in 2008, it restricted the definition of marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman. The act s passage further agitated an already roiling national debate about whether American notions of family could or should expand to include, for example, same-sex marriage, unmarried cohabitation, and gay adoption. But how do Americans really define family? The first study to explore this largely overlooked question, Counted Out examines currents in public opinion to assess their policy implications and predict how Americans definitions of family may change in the future. Counted Out broadens the scope of previous…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 3/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100



About the Authors


Acknowledgments



Family Counts



Who Counts as Family?



Family Accounts: How Americans Talk About Family



Family Counts Divided: Social Location and Definitions of Family



Accounting for Sexuality: God, Genes, and Gays




Discounting Sex: Gender, Parenting, and Definitions of Family



Family Names Count: Marital Name Change and Definitions of Family




Changing Counts, Counting Change: Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Family


Appendices


Notes


References


Index