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• Title:Beyond (straight and gay) marriage : valuing all families under the law / Nancy D. Polikoff.
  
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• Author/Creator:Polikoff, Nancy D.
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Beacon Press, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF538 .P65 2008 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Unmarried couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
  Domestic partner benefits--Law and legislation--United States.
  Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--United States.
  Civil unions--Law and legislation--United States.
  Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
  Lesbian couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
  
• Description:259 p. ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780807044322
  
• Contents:1. changing meaning of marriage
  2. Gay rights and the conservative backlash
  3. Redefining family
  4. right and the marriage movement
  5. LGBT families and the marriage-equality movement
  6. Countries where marriage matters less
  7. Valuing all families
  8. Domestic partner benefits for all families
  9. Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave
  10. When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children
  11. Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers' compensation, and social security.