From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

by Michael J. Klarman

Book Overview

Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong?

Bancroft Prize-winning historian and legal expert Michael Klarman offers here an illuminating and engaging account of modern litigation over same-sex marriage. After looking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199922101
• ISBN13: 9780199922109
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"