What's Marriage (and Family) Got to Do with It? Support for Same-Sex Marriage, Legal Unions, and Gay and Lesbian Couples Raising Children

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1007-1029

  Becker, Amy B ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868596052     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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