Marriage, sexuality, and gender /
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Boulder, CO :
Paradigm Publishers,
©2007
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| Series: | Initiations (Boulder, Colo.)
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. A look in the rearview mirror
- Patriarchal marriage of 1850 and traditional marriage of 1950 : a contrast
- Patriarchal and traditional marriage : continuities
- Traditional marriage and contractual marriage : a contrast
- From contract to politics
- 2. In defense of marriage ("when I'm sixty-four")
- The neonatural law defense of traditional marriage
- Non-neonatural law arguments defending traditional marriage
- The utilitarian defense of civil marriage
- Communitarian defenses of marriage : marriage as commitment
- 3. Marriage and its critics ("let's call the whole thing off")
- The dubious constitutionality of civil marriage
- Should we call the whole thing off? : utilitarian arguments against marriage
- Some reservations ... perhaps we shouldn't call the whole thing off
- 4. Just marriage ("we can work it out")
- Same-sex marriage
- Formal equality
- Communitarian values
- Social utilitarian arguments
- Social conservative arguments against gay marriage
- Progressive arguments against same-sex marriage
- The egalitarian marriage movement
- Critics of just marriage
- Conclusion : a modest proposal
- Defending marriage
- Ending marriage
- The justice of civil union law
- Civil union and marriage equality : some contrasts
- On civic modesty