In the debate over the legal definition of marriage in the United States, clergy and believers can be found on both sides. Any brief review of popular articles or legislative testimony will make this clear.

Initiative & Referendum Institute California voters seem poised to reject Proposition 8 in November, thereby affirming the right to same-sex marriage in the state that helped set off the movement to ban gay marriage.

Dedicated to the Preservation of the Family. 1 Why Not Same-Sex "Marriage"? Responses to 10 Arguments for Same-Sex "Marriage" By Daniel R. Heimbach, Ph.D. he passage of Proposition 8, which amended California's Constitution to define "marriage" as the union between a man and a woman, was a huge ...

1 . The Top Ten Harms of . Same-Sex “Marriage” by peter sprigg . Some advocates of same-sex “marriage” scoff at the idea that it could harm anyone.

- 1 - What same-sex "marriage" has done to Massachusetts It's far worse than most people realize by Brian Camenker October 20, 2008 Anyone who thinks that same-sex "marriage" is a benign eccentricity which won't affect the average person should consider what it has done in Massachusetts.

www.hrc.org/state_laws Updated July 6, 2011 State issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples (6 states and the District of Columbia): Connecticut (2008), District of Columbia (2010), Iowa (2009), Massachusetts (2004), New Hampshire (2010), New York (2011, effective July 24, 2011) and Vermont ...

Citizenship, Same-Sex Marriage, and Feminist Critiques of Marriage Jyl Josephson The debate over same-sex marriage int he United States is fundamentally adisagreement about the nature of democratic citizenship and them eaningof full inclusion of adult citizens in the polity.The facts that ...

THE POLITICS OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE POLITICS KATHERINE M. FRANKE* In this Essay I would like to share some reflections on the politics of same-sex marriage politics.

Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues Summary Massachusetts became the first state to legalize marriage between same-sex couples on May 17, 2004, as a result of a November 2003 decision by the state's highest court that denying gay and lesbian couples the right to marry violated the state's constitution.

1. ESTABLISHING CONTEXT I want, first, to outline briefly the context in which my comments on same-sex marriage are grounded, because in this debate context is definitely not neutral and is not the same for everyone.

FINAL 2. DOC 5/22/2008 1:44:08 PM 102 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW [Vol. 33:nn I. I NTRODUCTION Recognizing same-sex marriage, some say, will make it more likely that the law will one day recognize polygamy. 1 This is a classic slippery slope argument: Even if legal action A today (recognizing same-sex ...

327 Same-Sex Marriage and Taxes Stephen T. Black  I. I NTRODUCTION ―Ann, I've examined your last three years' tax returns . . . will you marry me?‖ ―Oh, Andy, I thought you'd never ask!