Marriage is at the center of one of today's fiercest political debates. Activists argue about how to define it, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the
From the state's role in the legal protection of children to the Christian influence over the laws of marriage, family issues are both important and socially charged. This reader contains selections t
At a time when same-sex marriage, gay adoption, and the rise of single-parent households challenge traditional views of the family, this innovative volume helps readers put such issues into social and
