The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage: Federalist Principles and Constitutional Protections

by Mark Strasser

In November 1998, the Hawaii and Alaska electorates voted to amend their state constitutions so that same-sex marriages would not have to be recognized. Rather than end the controversy surrounding same-sex marriages, the passage of these amendments will only spur more litigation, because the referenda themselves implicate constitutional guarantees and because amending a state constitution cannot lessen federal constitutional protections. Since...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275966240
• ISBN13: 9780275966249
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.7"