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"Opponents of same-sex marriage in the United States often claim that allowing gays and lesbians to marry will lead to the downfall of the institution of marriage and will harm children. Drawing from 16 years of data and experience with same-sex unions in Scandinavia, Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? is the first book to present empirical evidence about the results of same-sex marriage (in the form of registered partnerships) from the Nordic countries. Spedale and Eskridge demonstrate that conservative defense-of-marriage arguments that predict negative effects from gay marriage are invalid, and the Scandinavian experience suggests that the institution of marriage may indeed benefit from the enactment of gay marriage. If we look at the proof from abroad, the authors argue, we must conclude that the sanctioning of gay marriage in the United States would neither undermine marriage as an institution, nor harm the wellbeing of our nation's children."@en
"As gay marriage has moved to the forefront of political discourse in the United States, its proponents and opponents have vastly different views of the effects such unions would have on society. While proponents suggest they would not lead to problems, opponents of same-sex marriage often claim that it would lead to the downfall of the institution of marriage and would harm children. Traditionalists have recently based this latter "defense-of-marriage" argument upon the experiences of foreign countries - particularly the Scandinavian countries, where same-sex couples have enjoyed the rights and benefits of marriage since 1989. Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse? is the first book to present empirical evidence about the effects of same-sex marriage, based on almost two decades worth of data and experience from the Nordic countries. Darren R. Spedale and William N. Eskridge, Jr. look at how same-sex marriage (in the form of registered partnerships) came to be in Scandinavia; who is getting married and why they are tying the knot; the Church's reception to same-sex unions; and how same-sex marriage has affected the couples, their families, their children, and their greater communities, both nationally and internationally. Spedale and Eskridge find that the defense-of-marriage argument is inconsistent with the Scandinavian evidence. In no way has marriage in the Nordic countries suffered from legalization of same-sex unions; if anything, it has benefited. If we look at the proof from abroad, we must conclude that the sanctioning of gay marriage in the United States would neither undermine marriage as an institution nor harm the well-being of our nation's children."@en
"Introduction: Toward a Brave New World1. The Evolving Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the United States2. The Same-Sex Marriage Debate in Scandinavia and the Rest of Europe3. A New Look For Legal Unions: Sixteen Years of Scandinavian Partnerships and the Changing Conception of Family4. The Benefits of Same-Sex Marriage: Lessons From Scandinavia5. Modern Scandinavian Families and the Defense-of-Marriage Argument6. Drawing Lines: Scandinavian Lessons for the American Marriage DebateEpilogue: I Now Pronounce YouAn Emerging Menu of Relationship OptionsAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex."@en

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"Gay marriage : for better or for worse? ; what we've learned from the evidence"
"Gay marriage for better or for worse? : what we've learned from the evidence"
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"Gay Marriage What We've Learned from the Evidence"@en
"Gay marriage : For better or for worse? : What we've learned from the evidence"
"Gay marriage : for better or for worse? : what we've learned from the evidence"
"Gay marriage : for better or for worse? : what we've learned from the evidence"@en

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