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040 _aMiU
_beng
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042 _apcc
096 _a306.848 M489L
100 1 _aMello, Michael,
_eauthor.
_927950
245 1 0 _aLegalizing gay marriage /
_cMichael Mello ; foreword by David L. Chambers.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bTemple University Press,
_c2004.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages)
336 _aText
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aComputermedien
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aOnline Resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aAmerica in transition
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aVermont : a preview of America's war over same-sex civil marriage -- The Baker decision : a legitimate exercise in constitutional adjudication -- Backlash against gays and lesbians : a despised minority in Vermont -- Vermont's "third way" : enacting civil unions as an alternative to civil marriage -- The choice : what's wrong with Vermont's civil marriage substitute -- Conclusion : three years after -- Appendix : Vermont Supreme Court decision for Baker v. State.
520 8 _aAnnotation
_bEvery day seems to bring news of legal challenges to existing marriage laws and the constitutionality of any form of union for same-sex partners. In this timely and accessible book, Michael Mello argues that the public debates and political battles that have divided Vermont and Massachusetts will be repeated across the country as state after state confronts the issue of legalizing gay marriage. Mello examines recent landmark decisions in state and federal high courts granting civil rights protections to homosexuals. In Vermont, the Supreme Court's recommendation that legislators recognize the "common humanity" that links all individuals irrespective of sexual identity and consider the question of same-sex marriage resulted in the first state legislation to establish civil union. In Massachusetts, the court's ruling that gay marriage is a right protected by the state constitution has plunged the legislature into a contentious debate about a constitutional amendment. In both states, as in California and New York, public discussion of equal civil protections for gays and lesbians soon become mired in contending views of morality, religion, social mores, and the sanctity of heterosexual marriage. Mello regards the widespread and virulent opposition to any form of same-sex unions as proof that in Vermont, as elsewhere, homosexuals are indeed a "despised minority" in need of the law's protection. Thus, civil union laws represent only a partial victory because they create a separate and inherently unequal category of relationships for gay people. Mello's analysis of the issues provides an invaluable guide to the battles being waged in state legislatures and by politicians at the national level.
542 _nAll rights reserved.
650 0 _zVermont.
_927951
650 0 _xLaw and legislation
_zVermont.
_927952
650 0 _zUnited States.
_920486
650 0 _xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
_927953
650 0 _xLegal status, laws, etc.
_zVermont.
_927954
650 0 _xLegal status, laws, etc.
_zUnited States.
_927955
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aChambers, David,
_d1940-
_ewriter of foreword.
_927956
733 0 _tACLS Humanities E-Book.
_nURL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
830 0 _aAmerica in transition (Philadelphia, Pa.)
_927957
830 0 _aACLS Humanities E-Book.
_927958
856 4 0 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb40065
_zVolltext
942 _cEB
500 _aE-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal
653 _aSame-sex marriage
653 _aSame-sex marriage
653 _aSame-sex marriage
653 _aSame-sex marriage
653 _aGay couples
653 _aGay couples
041 _aeng
500 _aAmerican Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
999 _c63593
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