Defending Same-Sex Marriage [3 volumes] available in Hardcover
Defending Same-Sex Marriage [3 volumes]
- ISBN-10:
- 0275987728
- ISBN-13:
- 9780275987725
- Pub. Date:
- 12/30/2006
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
- ISBN-10:
- 0275987728
- ISBN-13:
- 9780275987725
- Pub. Date:
- 12/30/2006
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
Defending Same-Sex Marriage [3 volumes]
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Overview
Volume 1: Separate but Equal No More: A Guide to the Legal Status of Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and Other Partnerships, edited by Mark Strasser, who is also General Editor of the set, includes discussions of different kinds of legally recognized same-sex unions in the United States.
Volume 2: Our Family Values: Same-Sex Marriage and Religion, edited by Traci C. West, contains an array of religious traditions, practices, and leaders that support same-sex marriage, and describes the struggles for its recognition within denominations, including analysis of racial dynamics.
Volume 3: The Freedom-to-Marry Movement: Education, Advocacy, Culture, and the Media, edited by Martin Dupuis and William A. Thompson, explores the political movement to legalize and recognize same-sex marriage and unions, including the movement's education and advocacy efforts and its opposition.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780275987725 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 12/30/2006 |
Series: | Praeger Perspectives Series |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 888 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 3.00(d) |
About the Author
Traci C. West is Associate Professor of Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey. She is the author of Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter (2006), Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (1999), as well as several articles on violence against women, clergy ethics, racism, sexuality, and other justice issues in church and society. She is an ordained United Methodist minister who has previously served in parish and campus ministry.
Martin Dupuis is the Assistant Dean of the Burnett Honors College and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His research on same-sex marriage and gay and lesbian politics has been published in a number of books and journals.
William A. Thompson is a librarian with the rank of Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University. He has been, is now, and ever shall be, an activist for gay and lesbian concerns.
Table of Contents
Volume I
General Editors Foreword, Mark Strasser
Introduction
1. Massachusetts: Cradle of Liberty
2. Civil Union: A Reappraisal
3. Domestic Partnerships
4. The Right to Marry, the San Francisco Experience and Lessons Learned
5. Corporate Domestic Partner Benefits
6. The Role of Anti-Gay Family Amendments in the 2004 Election
7. The Defense of Marriage ActFederal Level
8. Four Arguments Against a Marriage Amendment That Even an Opponent of Gay Marriage Should Accept
9. Adoption, Custody and the Rights of Children
About the Editor and Contributors
Selected Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
Volume II
Introduction
Part I: Faith, Culture, and History
1. Hindu Traditions
2. Married in the Sight of God: Martin Luther, Theology, and Same-Sex Unions
3. Religion and the Freedom to Marry: Historical Reflections on Marriage Equality in America
4. Testifying to the Blues: Sexuality and the Black Church
Part II: Faith and Practice
5. Same-Sex Marriage and Roman Catholicism
6. Kiddushin: An Equal Opportunity Covenant, Not Only for Heterosexuals
7. Speaking of Lutherans: The Journey of an Odd Advocate
8. A Buddhist Argument for Same-Sex Unions
9. A Methodist Supports Homosexual Marriage: A Study of Scripture and Tradition
10. A Christian Apologetic for Same-Sex Marriage
11. Each Muslim Has the Right to Find Their Mate Who Is Their Comfort and Cloak
Part III: Faithful Struggle
12. Marriage in a New Key: A Presbyterian Maps the Terrain of a Progressive Christianity
13. Naming the Problem: Black Clergy, U.S. Politics, and Marriage Equality
14. The Reformed Church in America: One Denominations Response to Same-Sex Marriage
15. Making Justice/Showing Love: The Episcopal Church and Same Sex Marriage
16. Love Wins: An Easy Gospel for Unitarian Universalism
17. Embracing Marriage Equality: A Faithful Call to Pentecostal Christians
Part IV: Faithfully Practicing Equality
18. Reconstructionist Judaism and Marriage Equality
19. When Covenant-Making Becomes Justice-Making: A San Francisco Pastors Story
20. Affirmation of Marriage Equality in the UCC: The Historic Moment at Our Synod
Appendix: A Sampling of Religious Wedding and Holy Union Ceremonies for Same-Sex Couples
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Volume III
Introduction
Part One: Advocacy and Activism
1. Marriage Equality and Some Lessons for the Scary Work of Winning
2. The Gay Marriage Struggle: Whats at Stake and How Can We Win?
3. Laying the Ground Work: Early Organizing in Vermont
4. Grass Roots Organizing: Lessons from the Garden State
5. The Wedding Party
Part Two: Education and Media
6. Deconstructing Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriage
7. PerfectUnion.net: Cyber-Organizing to Democratize Marriage
8. From Gay Bashing to Gay Baiting: Public Opinion and
News Media Frames for Gay Marriage
9. Introduction to American Government: What College Students Are Reading about Same-Sex Marriage
Part Three: Cultural Perspectives
10. Arnt We a Couple? A Historical Comparison of Slave Marriages and Same-Sex Marriages
11. African American Responses to Same-Sex Marriage
12. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Same-Sex Relationships in Native American Culture
13. Hispanic and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households in the United States: A Report from the 2000 Census
About the Editors and Contributors