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America's war on same-sex couples and their families : and how the courts rescued them / Daniel R. Pinello.

Author/creator Pinello, Daniel R. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice ©2017
Descriptionxiii, 330 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. State judicial interpretations of super-DOMAs -- 3. The effects of super-DOMAs on same-sex couples -- 4. The effects of super-DOMAs on families with children being raised by same-sex couples -- 5. Super-DOMAs and LGBT migration: fight or flight? -- 6. How the federal courts rescued same-sex couples and their families -- 7. Conclusion.
Abstract "America's War on Same-Sex Couples and Their Families is a legal, political, and social history of constitutional amendments in twenty American states (with 43 percent of the nation's population) that prohibited government recognition of all forms of relationship rights (marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships) for same-sex couples. Based on 175 interviews with gay and lesbian pairs in Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin, the volume has great human-interest value and chronicles how same-sex couples and their children coped within harsh legal environments. The work ends with a lively explanation of how the federal judiciary rescued these families from their own governments. In addition, the book provides a model of the grassroots circumstances under which harassed minority groups migrate out of oppressive state regimes, together with an estimate of the economic and other costs (to the refugees and their governments) of the flight from persecution"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract "America's War on Same-Sex Couples and Their Families is a legal, political, and social history of constitutional amendments in twenty American states (with 43 percent of the nation's population) that prohibited government recognition of all forms of relationship rights (marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships) for same-sex couples. Based on 175 interviews with gay and lesbian pairs in Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin, the volume has great human-interest value and chronicles how samesex couples and their children coped within harsh legal environments"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.
LCCN 2016000899
ISBN9781107123595 (hardback)
ISBN1107123593 (hardback)
ISBN9781107559004 (paper back)
ISBN1107559006 (paper back)
Standard identifier# 40026548592
Standard identifier# 40026552986

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