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Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America
Owl Books
January 2004
224 pages
ISBN: 0805078150
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Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction Political
In May 2004, gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts, but
it remains a divisive and contentious issue across America.
As liberals and conservatives mobilize around this issue, no
one has come forward with a more compelling, comprehensive,
and readable case for gay marriage than Jonathan Rauch. In
this book, he puts forward a clear and honest manifesto
explaining why gay marriage is important—even crucial—to the
health of marriage in America today, grounding his argument
in commonsense, mainstream values and confronting social
conservatives on their own turf. Marriage, he observes, is
more than a bond between individuals; it also links them to
the community at large. Excluding some people from the
prospect of marriage not only is harmful to them but also is
corrosive of the institution itself. Gay marriage, he shows, is a "win-win-win" for strengthening
the bonds that tie us together and for remaining true to our
national heritage of fairness and humaneness toward all.
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