[PDF] Same Sex Marriage 101 eBook

Author : Jessica Hamilton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2015-07-11
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ISBN : 9781515032489

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Same Sex Marriage 101: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Rights, The Law & Your Benefits Whether it is a sign of progress or not, same sex marriage is still a much debated issue. It is one of the most revolutionary changes that has occurred in the United States and for sure will occur in other countries in the world. In the aftermath of decades of debates, of rulings made and then declared invalid years later and of countless demonstrations and defiance, the ruling is out. With the support of 5 Justices, the United States Supreme Court has finally declared the constitutional right of every 2 individuals, of opposite or same sex, to marry. This guide shows you the implications of the Supreme Court ruling in relation to your rights and benefits as prescribed by the law governing marriages. Take note that the same way you are given access to the privileges of a legally married couple, you also take on the legal responsibilities and the full ramifications of a married person. By reading Same Sex Marriage 101, you will learn: The Road to Legalization Name & Identity Employment Leaves & Benefits Retirement, Social Security & Pension Debts, Loans & Financial Accountabilities Prosecution, Spousal Privilege & Justice Divorce & Custody FAQs & Resource Centers This guide is comprehensive to a point where the implications of the ruling are already mapped out or have been implemented. Same sex marriage laws are yet an uncharted territory. The devil is in the details on how this ruling will be fully implemented across all federal and state services.

Author : Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Publisher : Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 15,97 MB
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780061142840

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In the long-awaited follow-up to her groundbreaking, million-copy bestseller The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Dr. Laura now focuses on how men and women need to understand and appreciate the uniqueness of masculinity and femininity; what the best ways to relate, caretake, and nurture each other are; and how to bring a marriage back from the brink of disaster. Dr. Laura asserts that in order to produce and sustain a wonderfully satisfying marriage, spouses must recognize and appreciate the polarity between the masculine and the feminine. Both husband and wife have power in the relationship, and each needs to realize this in order to ensure personal satisfaction. Using real-life examples from her call-in radio show, and giving real-life solutions, Dr. Laura focuses on the typical mistakes made by men and women in their relationships and shows how marriages can not only survive but thrive.

Author : Marta Rosario
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 2017-01-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1524554278

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This book has been part of me for over six years, and I started it as a research for myself and a way for me to deal with my same-sex sexual preferences and torment. I searched for a book and for help and could not find anything to guide me through my changes in my new life. This book is designed to help, to guide, and to heal anyone that likes the same sex and may not know how to go about it. I give everyone this book with all my love, hoping it will make a diff erence in their life like it did in mine. Always Remember one thing: Th e biggest role we play in Life is to be true to OURSELVES.

Author : Tricia Andryszewski
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761380760

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Same-sex marriage is a sharply divisive issue in the United States. Yet in the twenty-first century, cities and states across the nation are beginning to make available a range of legal options for same-sex couples who want to make a commitment to each other. These options include domestic partnership, civil union, and marriage. Advocates in favor of legal marriage point to the many benefits that come with the institution of marriage: tax advantages, adoption and inheritance rights, health-care protections, and general social recognition. Opponents, on the other hand, believe that marriage is an institution reserved for one man and one woman. Making sense of the debate involves asking tough questions: • Do all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation, have a right to legal marriage? • What are the benefits and disadvantages of allowing same-sex couples to marry? • Does same-sex marriage threaten or strengthen families? • Should U.S. courts or the American voting public make the final determination about same-sex marriage? To answer these questions, this book examines the history of the gay rights movement in the United States and the struggle for equal protection under the law, including the right for same-sex couples to marry. It provides the opinions and perspectives of leaders, activists, politicians, and ordinary Americans on both sides of the issue. Supplemented with quotes, anecdotes, and discussions from the pages of USA TODAY, The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, this book will broaden your understanding of all sides of the issue and help you form your own opinion, either for or against same-sex marriage.

Author : Nancy D. Polikoff
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807044342

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The debate over marriage equality for same-sex couples rages across the country. Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage boldly moves the discussion forward by focusing on the larger, more fundamental issue of marriage and the law. The root problem, asserts law professor and LGBT rights activist Nancy Polikoff, is that marriage is a bright dividing line between those relationships that legally matter and those that don't. A woman married to a man for nine months is entitled to Social Security survivor's benefits when he dies; a woman living for nineteen years with a man or woman to whom she is not married receives nothing. Polikoff reframes the debate by arguing that all family relationships and households need the economic stability and emotional peace of mind that now extend only to married couples. Unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended family units, and myriad other familial configurations need recognition and protection to meet the concerns they all share: building and sustaining economic and emotional interdependence, and nurturing the next generation. Couples should have the choice to marry based on the spiritual, cultural, or religious meaning of marriage in their lives, asserts Polikoff. While marriage equality for same-sex couples is a civil rights victory, she contends that no one should have to marry in order to reap specific and unique legal results. A persuasive argument that married couples should not receive special rights denied to other families, Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must.

Author : Stephen Macedo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 23,62 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 0691176337

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The case for marriage equality and monogamy in a democratic society The institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance in law and public opinion, questions abound regarding marriage's future. Will same-sex marriage lead to more radical marriage reform? Should it? Antonin Scalia and many others on the right warn of a slippery slope from same-sex marriage toward polygamy, adult incest, and the dissolution of marriage as we know it. Equally, many academics, activists, and intellectuals on the left contend that there is no place for monogamous marriage as a special status defined by law. Just Married demonstrates that both sides are wrong: the same principles of democratic justice that demand marriage equality for same-sex couples also lend support to monogamous marriage. Stephen Macedo displays the groundlessness of arguments against same-sex marriage and defends marriage as a public institution against those who would eliminate its special status or supplant it with private arrangements. Arguing that monogamy reflects and cultivates our most basic democratic values, Macedo opposes the legal recognition of polygamy, but agrees with progressives that public policies should do more to support nontraditional caring and caregiving relationships. Throughout, Macedo explores the meaning of contemporary marriage and the reasons for its fragility and its enduring significance. His defense of reformed marriage against slippery slope alarmists on the right, and radical critics of marriage on the left, vindicates the justice and common sense of the emerging consensus. Casting new light on today's debates over the future of marriage, Just Married lays the groundwork for a stronger institution.

Author : Tricia Andryszewski
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2007-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822571765

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Examines both sides of the controversial topic of same-sex marriage.

Author : Sean Robert Cahill
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739108826

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The rhetoric and emotion surrounding the same-sex marriage debate tends to obscure the facts and figures. Tracing the development of same-sex marriage in the United States and its deployment as a political tool, Sean Cahill lays out the current situation in plain language and explains what's at stake.

Author : Sadao Nitta
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781451522914

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The main purpose for writing this small booklet was to create an easy to read and easy to use resource in a question and answer format that would help the reader to understand and to put into perspective the current debates surrounding gay marriages.We have sought to provide the reader with a resource that would be free of the religious and ideological biases and baggage that supporters and opponents of 'gay marriages' often hold. We have tried to be free of the distortions and propaganda that is often presented when persons are arguing from a particular religious tradition and from a particular, secular ideology or philosophy. And because the debates regarding gay marriages are often mean spirited and negative, we also wanted to provide the reader with an alternative process for helping our nation come to a consensus on this issue that was fair, open, transparent, and democratic.Gay Marriages 101 is unique in that it is the only book of its kind that includes a chart that outlines alternative means for all individual (heterosexual and homosexual) to obtain the same or similar privileges and benefits that married individuals now enjoy.In summary, we will argue that the proper means for change is through (1) political discourse and persuasion; (2) the use of the constitutional amendment process; and (3) the use of current legislative procedures--the passing of the necessary laws, tax codes and regulations--to expand the so-called "marital" privileges to all individuals.