04829nam 22007574a 450 991096389800332120250918181106.00-8070-4434-2(CKB)1000000000541963(OCoLC)460042658(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256106(SSID)ssj0000111044(PQKBManifestationID)11138648(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111044(PQKBWorkID)10080135(PQKB)10582111(Au-PeEL)EBL3118036(CaPaEBR)ebr10256106(OCoLC)922967968(Au-PeEL)EBL6064450(MiAaPQ)EBC3118036(MiAaPQ)EBC6064450(BIP)26754043(BIP)14054638(EXLCZ)99100000000054196320070522d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBeyond straight and gay marriage valuing all families under the law /Nancy D. PolikoffBoston Beacon Press20081 online resource (269 p.)Queer Ideas/Queer Action ;v.3Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8070-4432-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The changing meaning of marriage -- Gay rights and the conservative backlash -- Redefining family -- The right and the marriage movement -- LGBT families and the marriage equality movement -- Countries where marriage matters less -- Valuing all families -- Domestic partner benefits for all families -- Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave -- When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children -- Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers compensation, and social security.The debate over marriage equality for same-sex couples rages across the country. Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage boldly moves the discussion forward by focusing on the larger, more fundamental issue of marriage and the law. The root problem, asserts law professor and LGBT rights activist Nancy Polikoff, is that marriage is a bright dividing line between those relationships that legally matter and those that don't. A woman married to a man for nine months is entitled to Social Security survivor's benefits when he dies; a woman living for nineteen years with a man or woman to whom she is not married receives nothing. Polikoff reframes the debate by arguing that all family relationships and households need the economic stability and emotional peace of mind that now extend only to married couples. Unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended family units, and myriad other familial configurations need recognition and protection to meet the concerns they all share: building and sustaining economic and emotional interdependence, and nurturing the next generation. Couples should have the choice to marry based on the spiritual, cultural, or religious meaning of marriage in their lives, asserts Polikoff. While marriage equality for same-sex couples is a civil rights victory, she contends that no one should have to marry in order to reap specific and unique legal results. A persuasive argument that married couples should not receive special rights denied to other families, Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must.Queer Ideas/Queer ActionUnmarried couplesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesDomestic partner benefitsLaw and legislationUnited StatesSame-sex marriageLaw and legislationUnited StatesCivil unionsLaw and legislationUnited StatesGay couplesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesLesbian couplesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesLGBTQ+ civil rightshomoithttps://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000276LGBTQ+ personal and family lawhomoithttps://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000918Unmarried couplesLegal status, laws, etc.Domestic partner benefitsLaw and legislationSame-sex marriageLaw and legislationCivil unionsLaw and legislationGay couplesLegal status, laws, etc.Lesbian couplesLegal status, laws, etc.LGBTQ+ civil rights.LGBTQ+ personal and family law.346.7301/6Polikoff Nancy D1848693MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963898003321Beyond straight and gay marriage4435983UNINA