Same-sex marriage : exploring the issues / Scott A. Merriman.

"The subject of same-sex marriage, including its intersection with the subject of religion, has exploded onto the cultural and political scene in the last 50 years. Before 1970, no state acted to ban same-sex marriage. In fact, it wasn't until 1970 that a same-sex couple applied for (and was denied)...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Religion in politics and society today.
Main Author: Merriman, Scott A., 1968- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2022]
Series:Religion in politics and society today.
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Physical Description:xliii, 161 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Adoption
  • AIDS
  • Baehr v. Miike
  • Baker v. Nelson
  • Baptist Church
  • Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
  • Buttigieg, Pete
  • Catholic Church
  • Calcedon movement
  • Church schools
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Civil vs. religious marriage
  • Davis, Kim, and other clerks
  • Defense of Marriage Act
  • Dumont v. Gordon
  • Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Episcopalians
  • Evangelicals
  • Generational differences
  • Governmental benefits
  • History and religion
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Loving V. Virginia
  • Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
  • Mennonites
  • Methodists
  • Mormons
  • New bills opposing same-sex marriage
  • Obergefell v. Hodges
  • Pastors vs. their churches
  • Pavan v. Smith
  • Pentecostals
  • Presbyterians
  • Religion and interracial marriage
  • Religious Freedom REstoration Act
  • Religious groups splintering
  • Religious law and practice in the United States historically
  • Religious sacraments
  • Restaurants
  • Same-sex marriage worldwide
  • Sodom and Gomorrah
  • State laws on religious freedom
  • Surrogacy
  • 2004 elections and religion
  • The 2000s
  • United Church of Christ v. Cooper
  • United Kingdom
  • United States v. Windsor.