TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richman,Kimberly D.
TI  - License to wed: what legal marriage means to same-sex couples 
SN  - 9780814724194
AV  - KF539 .L534 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Same-sex marriage
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - California
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Children of gay parents
KW  - Gay couples
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - A critical reader of the history of marriage understands that it is an institution that has always been in flux. It is also a decidedly complicated one, existing simultaneously in the realms of religion, law, and emotion. And yet recent years have seen dramatic and heavily waged battles over the proposition of including same sex couples in marriage. Just what is at stake in these battles? This book examines the meanings of marriage for couples in the two first states to extend that right to same sex couples: California and Massachusetts. The two states provide a compelling contrast: while inches
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