Same-sex marriage: A new social phenomenon

Population and Development Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 529-551

  Chamie, Joseph ^a   Mirkin, Barry ^b  

^a Center for Migration Studies   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL POLICY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY; JUDICIAL ROLE; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052398574     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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