Title From the Closet to the Altar : Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

Published New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages) Summary Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong?Bancroft Prize-winning historian and legal expert Michael Klarman here offers an illuminating and engaging account of modern litigation over same-sex marriage. After looking at the treatment of gays in the decades after World War II and the birth of the modern gay rights movement with the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969, Klarma Notes Print version record Subject Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States Civil unions -- Law and legislation -- United States LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Civil unions -- Law and legislation. Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation. Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- U.S. states. United States. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 019992211X 9780199922116

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