Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage: exploring the issues

by Merriman, Scott A.

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"The subject of same-sex marriage, including its intersection with the subject of religion, has exploded onto the cultural and political scene in the last 50 years. Before 1970, no state acted to ban same-sex marriage. In fact, it wasn't until 1970 that a same-sex couple applied for (and was denied) a marriage license in the United States. Thus, nearly 200 years after our country was founded, the subject was not even on most people's radars. Now, just about 50 years later, same sex-marriage is …

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  • Full title :Same-sex marriage : exploring the issues / Scott A. Merriman.

Summary

"The subject of same-sex marriage, including its intersection with the subject of religion, has exploded onto the cultural and political scene in the last 50 years. Before 1970, no state acted to ban same-sex marriage. In fact, it wasn't until 1970 that a same-sex couple applied for (and was denied) a marriage license in the United States. Thus, nearly 200 years after our country was founded, the subject was not even on most people's radars. Now, just about 50 years later, same sex-marriage is legal across America"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):ABC-Clio
  • Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, California
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2022

The Physical Object

  • Description:xliii, 161 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781440875236, 1440875235
  • oclc:on1251738306
  • LC Classification:HQ1034.U5
  • Dewey Decimal:306.84/80973

Table of Contents

Adoption -- AIDS -- Baehr v. Miike -- Baker v. Nelson -- Baptist Church -- Burwell v. Hobby Lobby -- Buttigieg, Pete -- Catholic Church -- Chalcedon movement -- Church schools -- Civil Rights Movement -- Civil vs. religious marriage -- Davis, Kim, and other clerks -- Defense of Marriage Act -- Dumont v. Gordon -- Eastern Orthodox Church -- Episcopalians -- Evangelicals -- Generational differences -- Governmental benefits -- History and religion -- Islam -- Judaism -- Loving v. Virginia -- Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission -- Mennonites -- Methodists -- Mormons -- New bills opposing same-sex marriage -- Obergefell v. Hodges -- Pastors vs. their churches -- Pavan v. Smith -- Pentecostals -- Presbyterians -- Religion and interracial marriage -- Religious Freedom Restoration Act -- Religious groups splintering -- Religious law and practice in the United States historically -- Religious sacraments -- Restaurants -- Same-sex marriage worldwide -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- State laws on religious freedom -- Surrogacy -- 2004 elections and religion -- The 2000s -- United Church of Christ v. Cooper -- United Kingdom -- United States v. Windsor.

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