EQUALITY PRACTICE Civil Unions and the Future of Gay Rights

• Main Author: Eskridge, William N. Jr. 1951- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2002
• Edition: Print book : English
• Subjects: Civil unions > United States; Gay rights > United States
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This book argues that lesbians and gays should support compromises like Vermont's civil union law without giving up on full formal equality under the law

Table of Contents:

• ch. 1. Same-sex marriage and the politics of sexuality
• ch. 2. The Vermont Civil Unions Law
• ch. 3. Comparative law lessons for the same-sex marriage movement
• ch. 4. Civil unions and liberal jurisprudence : equality practice
• ch. 5. Equality practice and the civic republic
• ch. 6. Equality practice as a postmodern cultural form
• Epilogue : equality practice, the evolution of social norms, and the future of gay rights