Equality for Same-Sex Couples
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Equality for Same-Sex Couples

The Legal Recognition of Gay Partnerships in Europe and the United States

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Equality for Same-Sex Couples

The Legal Recognition of Gay Partnerships in Europe and the United States

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During the past three decades, nations all over the world have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to marry, or at least grant these couples various rights associated with marriage. In Equality for Same-Sex Couples, Yuval Merin presents the first comparative study of the legal regulation of same-sex partnerships worldwide, as well as a unique survey of the status of same-sex couples in Europe.Merin begins by providing a historical overview of the transformation of marriage from antiquity to the present. He then identifies and critically compares four principal models for the legal regulation and recognition of same-sex partnerships: civil marriage, registered partnership, domestic partnership, and cohabitation. Merin concludes that all of the models except civil marriage discriminate against gays and lesbians just as the "separate but equal" doctrine discriminated against African Americans; thus, so-called alternatives to marriage, even if they provide the same rights and benefits as marriage, are inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780226520339
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Tables
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. Introduction
  5. 2. The Changing Institution of Marriage and the Exclusion of Same-Sex Couples
  6. 3. Registered Partnerships in the Nordic Countries
  7. 4. Same-Sex Partnerships in the Netherlands
  8. 5. Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in Other European Countries
  9. 6. The Cohabitation Model
  10. 7. Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States
  11. 8. Contrasts between the Models of Recognition and the Status of Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe
  12. 9. Domestic Partnership, Registered Partnership, and Marriage
  13. 10. Alternatives to Marriage and the Doctrine of ‘‘Separate but Equal’’
  14. 11. The Feasibility of Opening Up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples
  15. 12. Conclusion
  16. Appendix A: European Same-Sex Legislation in Translation
  17. Appendix B: Developments in the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, and Brazil
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index