America's changing attitudes toward homosexuality, civil unions, and same-gender marriage: 1977-2004

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-79

  Avery, Alison ^a   Chase, Justin ^a   Johansson, Linda ^a   Litvak, Samantha ^a   Montera, Darrel ^a   Wydra, Michael ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil unions; Domestic partnership; Homosexuality; Marriage; Same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947579559     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.1.71     Document Type: Article

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