Beyond straight and gay marriage
Subtitle: valuing all families under the law
By: Nancy D. Polikoff.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807044322
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The changing meaning of marriage : the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s; title: The conservative backlash; title: Redefining family in the 1980s; title: The right and the marriage movement; title: LGBT families and the marriage equality movement; title: How marriage matters less in other countries; title: Valuing all families; title: Domestic partner benefits for all families; title: Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave; title: When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children; title: Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers compensation, and social security.