Gender politics and the same-sex marriage debate in the United States

Social Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-28

  Smith, Miriam ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77949448951     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxp027     Document Type: Article

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