Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Same-sex marriage continues to be a polarizing subject in the United States and other parts of the world. This new edition of Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook brings readers up to date on the status of same-sex unions from social, legal, political, and historical perspectives. * Presents up-to-date coverage of important events in the modern history of same-sex marriage in the United States and other parts of the world as well as public opinion and statistics on same-sex marriage * Describes and explains changes in the legal status of same-sex marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 * Outlines potential future directions of the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage * Provides an extensive bibliography, a collection of documents, a set of essays, and other resources for extended study of the topic

• | Author: David E. Newton
• | Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 360 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1440850496
• | ISBN-13: 9781440850493