... treatment. Since Thomas’s notion proves problematic, we turn to legal theories that underlie plural marriage. Tellingly, though, the formal recognition sought by plural marriage advocates often perpetuates the limits of dignity that follow from an aspiration to respectability. Finally, we suggest...

... partnerships and civil unions after the US Supreme Court’s marriage equality decisions as well as the slow recognition of the incompatibility of engaging in racial discrimination with classification of an organization as a tax-exempt charity. Brown v Board of Education choices civil unions court cases...

...In preparation for following Calderone and her colleagues into the 1960s and beyond, this chapter provides background and context for the world of sexual guidance from the nineteenth century through the 1940s, guidance that most marital counseling focused on the role of sex in marriage. It begins...

...This chapter argues that society can and should seek to renew marriage as a uniquely important integrator of male-female, mother-child, and father-child bonds. It identifies the many positive aspects of recent family change, such as greater professional, educational, and leadership opportunities...

... pillars of LGBTQ civil rights: the legalization of sodomy, inclusion in the military, and marriage equality....

... Chicken Soup The Brothers McMullen Burns Edward The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Keeping the Faith The Big Sick Peace after Marriage Irish American Jewish Film Marriage Movies Representation Romance Hollywood Characters When the short silent film Becky Gets a Husband...

...This chapter negates the impression that marriage has substantial benefits only for middle-class individuals, by detailing the positive effects that marriage has on family well-being, particularly for the health and development of children, and for even poorer, less-educated individuals. Fatherhood...

...This chapter explores the changing definitions of childhood in the United States at the turn of the century and how some “children” resisted raising the marriage age. Drawing on a variety of sources such as newspaper stories and court cases from the period roughly between 1880 and 1920...

...? In what ways did Jewish women shed or retain their ethnic and religious heritage despite marrying “out”? And how was intermarriage portrayed by the mass media and religious activists? This endeavor strives to understand how women's lives changed over time according to their exogamous marriage choices...

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...This afterword suggests some directions for future research. It argues that while scholarly and personal interest in the concept and practice of intermarriage has generated a substantial volume of literature, much more work needs to be done in this field. To truly understand Jewish–Gentile marriage...

...This chapter describes how the relationships that cattlemen and cowboys had with women also led to differing ideas about manhood. The cattlemen often had their choice of respectable women to marry, and thus defined marriage and the ability to provide for a family as essential markers of manhood...

...This chapter delves into Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s critique of marriage and its resulting gender inequality. Contradicting Victorian notions of sentimental marriage, Stanton exposed the way legal and religious marriage, with its headship of man, victimized and subordinated women. She compared...

...This chapter examines the economy of matrimonial strategies and family culture that helped Piedmont-born immigrants build their social capital in California. Marriage choices and strategies represented one of the most popular ways for Piedmontese immigrants to build their social capital, as proven...

...This chapter examines the issue of establishing a person's sex for purposes of marriage. It considers contradictory court decisions and their ramifications for transsexuals and people with an intersex condition who want to marry. It discusses the courts' justifications for limiting marriage...

... extramarital affairs. The chapter then discusses the link between religious identification and marriage, between religious identification and fertility, and between religious identification and divorce. It also explores the influence of religious identification on social stratification, with particular...

...The Introduction provides a brief summary of the history of the quest for marriage equality in the United States. It also explains why this is such a crucial moment in the trajectory of the LGBT rights movement and then summarizes the book’s chapters. Colorado divorce gay liberation movement...

...This chapter argues that while legal equality is now a reality in most blue states, it is still far off for LGBT individuals living in most red states. a phenomenon that remains true even if same-sex couples are able to marry nationwide. The chapter urges that the movement, after marriage equality...

...This chapter addresses the topic of LGBT elders and their interests, a subject that has received little attention by LGBT organizations and activists. It notes that although marriage equality offers LGBT elders a much needed measure of legal protection and security, the right to marry fails...

...This chapter delineates the ways in which marriage equality advocates emphasized the needs and interests of primarily white and well-to-do lesbian and gay families while ignoring those of LGBT parents of color. It argues that because same-sex marriage advocacyoverlooked the family circumstances...