America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

by Daniel R. Pinello

Book Overview

America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage chronicles the evolution of the social movement for same-sex marriage in the United States and examines the political controversies surrounding gay people's quest for access to the civil institution of marriage. The book focuses on the momentous events that began in November 2003, when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared unequivocally that the state's conferral of marriage only on opposite-sex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521613035
• ISBN13: 9780521613033
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"