Counted out
Brian Powell · 2010
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About the book
When state voters passed the California Marriage Protection Act (Proposition 8) in 2008, it restricted the definition of marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman. The act s passage further agitated an already roiling debate about whether American notions of family could or should expand to include, for example, same-sex marriage, unmarried cohabitation, and gay adoption. But how do Americans really define family? The first study to explore this largely overlooked question, Counted Out asks men and women of different ages, races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds to share their opinions on what counts as family and what doesn t. The book examines these currents in public opinion to assess their policy implications and to predict how Americans definitions of family may change in the future.
Book details
- Year
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Series
- American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
- Publisher
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 319
- ISBN
- 9780871546876
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