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Author Lahey, Kathy

Title Same sex marriage : the personal and the political
Published Toronto : Insomniac Press, 2004

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Contents Table of Contents; Introduction; PART I: The Political and Legal Struggle for Marriage; PART II: The Personal -- Interviews; The Future: Queering Marriage; Further References; Acknowledgements; Index
Summary In the past three years, Canada has witnessed landmark court rulings in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec making it legal for gay men and lesbian women to marry. Legislation in the Netherlands and Belgium have also extended marriage to same-sex couples. Legal challenges before the U.S. courts in Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon and California have had the same goal in mind. The same-sex marriage phenomenon is characterized on the one hand by intense personal joys and on the other by long-standing activism and historic legal reasoning. Same-Sex Marriage tells both stories: the experiences of coupl
Subject Same-sex marriage.
Gay couples -- Interviews
Spouses -- Interviews
Spouses.
Gay couples.
Same-sex marriage.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1897414986
9781897414989