Same sex, different politics : success and failure in the struggles over gay rights / Gary Mucciaroni.

By:

Mucciaroni, Gary [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Chicago studies in American politicsPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (ix, 380 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226544106
0226544109
1282070398
9781282070394
9786612070396
6612070390

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Same sex, different politics.DDC classification:

323.3/264 22

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HQ76.5 .M83 2008eb

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Contents:

Issues, institutions, and threats -- Defining the threats from gay rights -- Advocating gay rights -- Legalizing homosexual conduct -- Adoption -- Military service -- Marriage, civil rights, and hate crimes -- Conclusion.

Summary: Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to render such discrimination illegal? Illuminating the conditions that engender these contradictory policies, Same Sex, Different Politics explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. The first book to compare results across a wide range of gay rights struggles, this volume explores debates over laws govern.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-366) and index.

Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to render such discrimination illegal? Illuminating the conditions that engender these contradictory policies, Same Sex, Different Politics explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. The first book to compare results across a wide range of gay rights struggles, this volume explores debates over laws govern.