This book discusses the context for and arguments in favor of same-sex marriage in the United States.

Democratic Anxieties: Same-Sex Marriage, Death, and Citizenship takes contemporary opposition to same-sex marriage as a starting point to consider anxieties abo

For much of the 20th century, American gays and lesbians lived in fear that public exposure of their sexualities might cause them to be fired, blackmailed, or e

Discusses the debate over same-sex marriages and traces the history of law relating to the subject.

In this collection of articles, the various authors examine the interaction of gays and lesbians with the democratic process in regards to public policy, public