'But if you legalise same-sex marriage..': Arguments against marriage equality in the British press

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-55

  Jowett, Adam ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civil partnership; equality; heterosexism; lesbian and gay; Rhetoric; same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892420103     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353513510655     Document Type: Article

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