Marriage Equality in the United States

Clare F. Walsh

doi:10.1002/9781119085621.wbefs021

Marriage Equality in the United States

Clare F. Walsh

Texas Tech University

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Abstract

The US legal system has long debated the right to marriage and has given access to white, heterosexual, traditional families - husband, wife, and children - while restricting the fundamental right to marriage by same-sex couples and others. In doing so, it perpetuates marriage inequality. Marriage equality is the idea that different-sex and same-sex couples should have equal protection and access to the benefits of civil marriage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119085621
ISBN (Print)	9780470658451
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119085621.wbefs021
State	Published - Jan 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

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General Social Sciences
General Psychology

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heterosexuality
homosexuality
social issues

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