Same-Sex Marriage and Children: A Tale of History, Social Science, and Law (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780190628598)

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "responsible procreation" and child welfare. Carlos A. Ball places the current marriage debates within a broader historical context by exploring how the procreative and child welfare claims used to try to deny same-sex couples the opportunity to marry are similar to earlier arguments used to defend interracial marriage bans, laws prohibiting disabled individuals from marrying, and the differential treatment of children born out of wedlock. Ball also draws a link between welfare reform and same-sex marriage bans by explaining how conservative proponents have defended both based on the need for the government to promote responsible procreation among heterosexuals.

Author: Carlos A. Ball
ISBN-10: 0190628596
ISBN-13: 9780190628598
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2016
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d