Beyond (straight and gay) marriage :
Polikoff, Nancy D.
Beyond (straight and gay) marriage : valuing all families under the law / Beyond marriage Nancy D. Polikoff. - Boston : Beacon Press, 2008. - ix, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The changing meaning of marriage -- Gay rights and the conservative backlash -- Redefining family -- The right and the marriage movement -- LGBT families and the marriage equality movement -- Countries where marriage matters less -- Valuing all families -- Domestic partner benefits for all families -- Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave -- When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children -- Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers compensation, and social security.
9780807044322 0807044326 9780807044339 0807044334
2007021330
Unmarried couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Domestic partner benefits--Law and legislation--United States.
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--United States.
Civil unions--Law and legislation--United States.
Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Lesbian couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
KF538 / .P65 2008
346.7301/6
Beyond (straight and gay) marriage : valuing all families under the law / Beyond marriage Nancy D. Polikoff. - Boston : Beacon Press, 2008. - ix, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The changing meaning of marriage -- Gay rights and the conservative backlash -- Redefining family -- The right and the marriage movement -- LGBT families and the marriage equality movement -- Countries where marriage matters less -- Valuing all families -- Domestic partner benefits for all families -- Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave -- When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children -- Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers compensation, and social security.
9780807044322 0807044326 9780807044339 0807044334
2007021330
Unmarried couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Domestic partner benefits--Law and legislation--United States.
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--United States.
Civil unions--Law and legislation--United States.
Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Lesbian couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
KF538 / .P65 2008
346.7301/6