Same-Sex Marriage
(see also Gay & Lesbian History, Life & Values; Gay & Lesbian Movements)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
My $5 Groom. Julie Day, Sacramento News & Review (10/21/04). Testing the "sanctity of marriage" at the county clerk's office.
A Bold Stroke. Emily Bazelon, Legal Affairs (5-6/04). On Chief Justice Margaret Marshall of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, who ordered the state to allow same-sex marriage.
What's In a Word?. George Lakoff, AlterNet (2/18/04). Debate over same-sex marriage is really about which values will dominate in society.
Between the Sexes. Christine Gorman & Wendy Cole, Time (2/24/04). Before we amend the Constitution, let's remember that it's not always clear who's a "man" & who's a "woman."
Cambodia's King Backs Gay Marriage (2/23/04).
Same-Sex Marriage: Canada, Europe & the US. Ralf Michaels, ASIL Insights (6/03).
Dutch Legalize Gay Marriage. BBC (9/12/00).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Defense of Marriage Act (1996). Through which Congress sought to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Equal Marriage. Canadian advocacy group.
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.
Marriage Equality California (MECA).
Marriage Equality Express (Canada).
In the Library: Articles
Cadge, Wendy. "Vital conflicts: the mainline denominations debate homosexuality," in R. Wuthnow & J.H. Evans (eds.) The Quiet Hand of God: Faith-Based Activism & the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism (Berkeley: U. of California, 2002).
Graff. E.J. "Retying the knot," Nation (6/24/967):12.
Pollitt, Katha. "Adam & Steve -- together at last," Nation (12/15/03):9.
Rotello, Gabriel. "To have & to hold: the case for gay marriage," Nation (6/24/96):11-17.
__________. "Creating a new gay culture. Balancing fidelity & freedom," Nation (4/21/97):11-16.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Baird, Robert M.& Stuart E. Rosenbaum (eds.) Same-Sex Marriage: The Moral & Legal Debate (Amherst NY: Prometheus, 1997).
Boele-Woelki, Katharina & Angelika Fuchs (eds.) Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Couples in Europe (NY: Intersentia, 2003).
Boswell, John. Marriage of Likeness: Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe (NY: Villard, 1994).
Bray, Alan. The Friend (Chicago: U. of Chicago, 2003). Long history of committed homosexual relationships.
Cott, Nancy. Public Vows: A History of Marriage & the Nation (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 2000).
Dupuis, Martin. Same-Sex Marriage, Legal Mobilization & the Politics of Rights (NY: Peter Lang, 2002).
Ellison, Marvin M. Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis (Cleveland: Pilgrim 2004).
Eskridge, William N. Jr. The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment (NY: Free Press, 1996).
Gerstmann, Evan. Same-Sex Marriage & the Constitution (NY: Cambridge, 2004).
Goldberg-Hiller, Jonathan. The Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage & the Politics of Civil Rights (Ann Arbor: U. of Michigan, 2002).
Graff, E.J. What is Marriage For? (Boston: Beacon, 1999).
Jordan, Mark. Blessing Same-Sex Unions: The Perils of Queer Romance & the Confusions of Christian Marriage (Chicago: U. of Chicago, 2005).
Medina, Graciela. Uniones de hecho: homosexuales (Buenos Aires: Rubinzal Culzoni, 2001).
Moats, David. Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage (Orlando FL: Harcourt, 2004).
Mohr, Richard. A More Perfect Union: Why Straight America Must Stand Up for Gay Rights (Boston: Beacon, 1995).
Strasser, Mark Philip. Legally Wed: Same-Sex Marriage & the Constitution (Ithaca NY: Cornell, 1997).
__________. The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage: Federalist Principles & Constitutional Protections (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1999).
__________. On Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions & the Rule of Law: Constitutional Interpretation at the Crossroads (Westport CT: Praeger, 2002).
Sullivan, Andrew with Joseph Landau. Same-Sex Marriage, Pro & Con: A Reader (NY: Vintage, 1997).
Wattier, Pascale et Olivier Picard. Mariage, sexe et tradition (Paris: Plonl 2002).
Wardle, Lynn D. & Others (eds.) Marriage & Same-Sex Unions: A Debate (Westport CT: Praeger, 2003).)
Weston, Kath. Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship (NY: Columbia, 1991).
In the Library: Fiction
James, Jamie. Andrew & Joey (NY: Kensington, 2002).
Kafka-Gibbons, Paul. Dupont Circle: A Novel (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2001).
Zubro, Mark Richard. Here Comes the Corpse (NY: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002).
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Film & Video
"Daddy & Papa" [2002], dir. Johnny Symons, ?m. From New Day Films.