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
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage reframes the family-rights debate by arguing that marriage shouldn't bestow special legal privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT, live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended biological family units, and myriad other familial configurations. Nancy D. Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil unions-- Law and legislation-- United States
Domestic partner benefits-- Law and legislation-- United States
Gay couples-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States
Lesbian couples-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States
Same-sex marriage-- Law and legislation-- United States
Unmarried couples-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States