Same-Sex Marriage: The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America - Hardcover

Cantor, Elizabeth; Cantor, Donald; Black, James C.; Barrett, Campbell D.

9780819568120: Same-Sex Marriage: The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0819568120 ISBN 13: 9780819568120

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 2006

Few recent topics have claimed as much media and political attention as the fight for the right of same-sex couples to marry legally. Striking at the heart of beliefs about sexuality, marriage, family, and child-rearing, the debate has touched off national and international debate. In this practical guide to the issues and their history, the authors present the issues as a courtroom case would be presented to the jury-with an opening statement, expert testimony, and a closing argument in support of same-sex marriage. Chapters explore how we have arrived at our current understandings of homosexuality and marriage, the impact of same-sex marriage on same-sex relationships and families, the practical civil benefits denied to persons who are not allowed to marry, and the 40-year evolution in the law as it relates to sex and reproduction. This book provides a reasoned and informed history of the subject, and is ideal for readers in government, social work, and the law-and anyone curious about where this contentious issue is headed.

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Review:

"This collection of eight essays by two attorneys and two psychologists sets itself apart in the crowded field of books about same-sex marriage by condensing dozens of dense volumes worth of legalese and psychobabble into a surprisingly readable overview... Readers who want to get quickly up to speed on the case for same-sex marriage will want to give this book a look."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Donald J. Cantor and Campbell D. Barrett are lawyers with practices in Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth Cantor is a licensed clinical psychologist in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. James C. Black is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut. Donald Cantor and James Black co-authored Child Custody (1989).

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