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The future of marriage / David Blankenhorn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blankenhorn, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage.
- Marriage--History.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The idea of this book began in a conversation David Blankenhorn had with the president of Freedom to Marry, a group advocating equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. This man asked Blankenhorn, a leading figure in the ?marriage movement," to endorse his group's objectives. Feeling a bit defensive, Blankenhorn replied, ?Every child deserves a mother and a father." The Future of Marriage is the result of that conversation. In their current demands, Blankenhorn points out, gay and lesbian leaders are not asking for marriage with an adjective in front of it, but marriage itself. So in t
- Contents:
- What is marriage?
- Prehistory
- The river valleys
- The Trobriand Islands
- What marriage is
- Deinstitutionalize marriage?
- Goods in conflict
- Determining marriage's fate.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48795-7
- 9786612487958
- 1-59403-359-5
- OCLC:
- 609853938
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