Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage reframes the family-rights debate by arguing that marriage shouldn''t bestow special legal privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT, live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended biological family units, and myriad other familial configurations. Nancy D. Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must.