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The Gay Marriage Debate

The Gay Marriage Debate M. Mello . Legalizing Gay Marriage . Philadelphia : Temple University Press , 2004 . ISBN: 1‐59213‐079‐8 ( 337 pp., $22.95 ). Mello (2004) brings passion and legal expertise to his on‐the‐ground report of how the citizens and politicians of Vermont fought for Vermont to become the first state in the nation to accept homosexual civil unions. Mello traces the social history of civil unions and the explosive debate surrounding them to draw readers quickly into a world where personal prejudices toward homosexuals often cloud legal judgments of equal treatment. While civil unions might be a powerful step toward equality for homosexuals, Mello firmly believes civil unions are still a form of discrimination akin to the “separate but equal” view of African Americans' rights after the case of Plessy v. Ferguson , in which the United States Supreme Court upheld the rights of states to separate people according to race. Mello vehemently argues that until America allows same‐sex marriage, our society will continue to treat homosexuals in a discriminatory fashion. The author argues that the famous case Brown v. Board of Education , which found that separate is not equal, reaches the current situation of same‐sex marriage and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy Wiley

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Copyright © 2007 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1529-7489
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1530-2415
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10.1111/j.1530-2415.2007.00136.x
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M. Mello . Legalizing Gay Marriage . Philadelphia : Temple University Press , 2004 . ISBN: 1‐59213‐079‐8 ( 337 pp., $22.95 ). Mello (2004) brings passion and legal expertise to his on‐the‐ground report of how the citizens and politicians of Vermont fought for Vermont to become the first state in the nation to accept homosexual civil unions. Mello traces the social history of civil unions and the explosive debate surrounding them to draw readers quickly into a world where personal prejudices toward homosexuals often cloud legal judgments of equal treatment. While civil unions might be a powerful step toward equality for homosexuals, Mello firmly believes civil unions are still a form of discrimination akin to the “separate but equal” view of African Americans' rights after the case of Plessy v. Ferguson , in which the United States Supreme Court upheld the rights of states to separate people according to race. Mello vehemently argues that until America allows same‐sex marriage, our society will continue to treat homosexuals in a discriminatory fashion. The author argues that the famous case Brown v. Board of Education , which found that separate is not equal, reaches the current situation of same‐sex marriage and

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Published: Dec 1, 2007

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