Английская Википедия:Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox book Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law is a 2008 book about family law reform by the legal scholar Nancy D. Polikoff.

Publication history

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage was first published in 2008 by Beacon Press. It was the third entry in the Queer Action/Queer Ideas series, edited by the gay writer Michael Bronski.Шаблон:Sfn

Reception

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage received positive reviews from Jay Barth in Choice,Шаблон:Sfn Kenyon Farrow in The Indypendent,Шаблон:Sfn and Robert L. Mack in the Journal of GLBT Family Studies.Шаблон:Sfn Barth praised the book as "thoroughly researched, nicely argued, and well written". He found Polikoff's critique of the mainstream LGBT rights movement's approach to marriage "thought provoking", and recommended the book as suitable for upper-division undergraduates.Шаблон:Sfn Farrow credited Polikoff with arguing convincingly "that we have had more progressive moves toward family policy in our country's history". He remarked that Polikoff had provided real-life examples of problems occasioned by tying legal benefits to marriage, and recommended the book to readers "to help you ground your argument in practical terms".Шаблон:Sfn Mack described Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage as the first "well-researched, thoughtful, and articulate volume-length work" on decoupling legal rights from the institution of marriage in order to accommodate other family structures.Шаблон:Sfn

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