Attitudes toward gay marriage in states undergoing marriage law transformation

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-359

  Brumbaugh, Stacey M ^a   Sanchez, Laura A ^a   Nock, Steven L ^b   Wright, James D ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Family diversity; Family policy; Gay; Lesbian; Marriage; Religiosity; Sexual attitudes; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949134852     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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