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200 10$aLegalizing gay marriage$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael Mello; foreword by David L. Chambers
210   $aPhiladelphia, PA $cTemple University Press$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (352 p.)
225 1 $aAmerica in transition
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Series Foreword; Foreword; 1 Vermont: A Preview of America's War over Same-Sex Civil Marriage; 2 The Baker Decision: A Legitimate Exercise in Constitutional Adjudication; 3 Backlash Against Gays and Lesbians: A Despised Minority in Vermont; 4 Vermont's "Third Way": Enacting Civil Unions as an Alternative to Civil Marriage; 5 The Choice: What's Wrong with Vermont's Civil Marriage Substitute; 6 Conclusion: Three Years After; Appendix: Vermont Supreme Court Decision for Baker v. State; Notes; Index
330   $aEvery day seems to bring news of legal challenges to existing marriage laws and the constitutionality of any form of union for same-sex partners. In this timely and accessible book, Michael Mello argues that the public debates and political battles that have divided Vermont and Massachusetts will be repeated across the country as state after state confronts the issue of legalizing gay marriage.Michael Mello examines recent landmark decisions in state and federal high courts granting civil rights protections to homosexuals. In Vermont, the Supreme Court's recommendation that legislators recogni
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