The Limits to Union
Subtitle: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: January 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780472112234
Subjects: Civil rights & citizenship; Gay & Lesbian studies; Marriage; Popular Culture - General; Political And Civil Rights; United States; Homosexuality; Political Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; Politics and government; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Civil Rights; Family Law - Marriage; Social Science / Women's Studies; Gay rights; Same-sex marriage; Law and legislation
First sentence: In November 1998, 69 percent of the voters in Hawai'i approved an amendment to the state constitution to permit the legislature "to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.''