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Contents
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction Changing Attitudes -- 1 Different Theories of Marriage -- 2 Marriage from the Reformation to the Rules of the Fleet -- 3 From Lord Hardwicke's Act to Civil Marriage and Divorce -- 4 Marriage across the Seas: Ireland, South Africa, Canada and the United States -- 5 Current Policy Questions: Fighting Fair about Same-sex Marriage -- 6 Legislatures Argue and the Supreme Court Decides -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Legally Married gives you all the the facts you need to develop an informed judgment regarding same-sex marriage in the UK and the US. It looks at the claims made on both sides of the debate, placing them in their historical context and contributing in a reasoned, unbiased way
