Media Resources
Legal Marriage Bibliography

• Baehr v. Lewin, 852 P.2d 44 (Haw. 1993) (landmark decision of Hawaii Supreme Court presumptively invalidating discriminatory refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples)
• Otis R. Damslet, �Same-Sex Marriage,� 10 N.Y. Law School Journal of Human Rights 555 (1993)
• William H. Hohengarten, �Same-Sex Marriage and the Right of Privacy,� 103 Yale Law Journal 1495 (1994)
• Richard D. Mohr, �The Case for Gay Marriage,� 9 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 301 (1995)
• Jeff Stewart, �The Wedding Luau � Who Is Invited?: Hawaii, Same-Sex Marriage, and Emerging Realities,� ___ Emory Law Journal ___ (Fall 1995)
• Erik J. Toulon, �Call the Caterer: Hawaii to Host First Same-Sex Marriages,� 3 S. Cal. Rev. of Law & Women�s Studies 109 (1993)
• Carol T. Tully, �To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before: The Legalization of Lesbian and Gay Marriages,� 1 Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 73 (1994)
• Evan Wolfson, �Crossing the Threshold: Equal Marriage Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men, and the Intra-Community Critique,� 21 N.Y.U. Rev. of Law & Social Change 567 (1994)
• Evan Wolfson, �Why We Should Fight for the Freedom to Marry,� 1 J. of Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Identity ___ (Jan. 1996) (manuscript available from Lambda)

• Stephen Chapman, �Gay Moms and Gay Marriage: Can We Find a Better Way?,� Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1, 1994 (�conservative� case for equal marriage rights)
• David Dunlap, �Some States Trying to Stop Gay Marriages Before They Start,� The New York Times, March 15, 1995, p.A18 (overview of premature backlash)
• Editors, �Same-Sex, again,� Honolulu Advertiser, July 9, 1995 (editorial urging the Hawaii courts not to delay and confuse the issue any further)
• Peter Freiberg, �Gays Win in South Dakota, Lose in Utah,� The Washington Blade, March 3, 1995, p.1 (backlash)
• Peter Freiberg, �Next January could be a Hot One in Hawaii,� The Washington Blade, March 31, 1995, p.21 (details of developments in Hawaii)
• Peter Freiberg, �One in Three think Gays should have Right to Wed,� The Washington Blade, July 14, 1995, p.23 (reports the results of a poll conducted by EPIC/MRA-Mitchell Research)
• Kimberly Griffin, �To Have and To Hold: Gay Marriage, The Next Frontier,� Windy City Times, June 2, 1994, p.1 (stories of same-sex couples)
• Beth Harrison, �We�re Goin� to the Chapel,� The Front Page, Nov. 25, 1994, p.3 (interview with Hawaii plaintiffs)
• Elaine Herscher, �When Marriage Is a Tough Proposal: Women�s Suit at Heart of Debate Over Same-Sex Unions,� San Francisco Chronicle, May 15, 1995, p.1
• Kirk Johnson, �Gay Divorce: Few Markers in This Realm,� N.Y. Times, Aug. 12, 1994, p.A20 col.1
• Marvin Liebman, �The Issue Is Gay Marriage,� The Texas Triangle, Jan. 13, 1995, p.8
• Eils Lotozo, �Holy Matrimony!,� Philadelphia Weekly, June 21, 1995, p.30 (cover story on how same-sex marriage has hit the mainstream)
• Jonathan Mandell, �Gay Partners Look Forward to Marriage,� New York Newsday, June 23, 1995, p.A8 col.1 (stories of gay couples and how they are affected by the denial of their right to marry)
• David Mastro, �Gay Marriage: promoting family and values,� The Daily Iowan, Mar. 14, 1994
• Carol Ness, �Lesbian Couple Leads Fight For Right to Marry,� San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 1995, p.A1 (Ninia Baehr and Genora Dancel)
• Nick Orsborn, �Married - But Not Legal,� The Texas Triangle, Apr. 27, 1995, p.15 (stories of Texas gay couples and how they are affected by the denial of their right to marry)
• James Pinkerton, �A Conservative Argument for Gay Marriage,� Los Angeles Times, June 30, 1993, p.B7 Metro col.5
• Jonathan Rauch, �A Pro-Gay, Pro-Family Policy,� The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 29, 1994, p.A22
• Gabriel Rotello, �Confederate Echoes in New Gay Laws,� New York Newsday, Feb. 16, 1995, p.A36 (parallels between pre-1967 �same-race restriction� and current �different-sex restriction� on marriage)
• Michelangelo Signorile, �Wedding Bell Blues,� Out Magazine, May 1195, p.26 (account of lesbian daughter of interracial couple and the battles for marriage rights)
• Lyn Stoeson, �Legal Activist: Gay marriage is coming,� The Washington Blade, Dec. 9, 1994, p.16
• Andrew Sullivan, �Here Comes the Groom,� The New Republic, Aug. 28, 1989, p.20 (�conservative� case for equal marriage rights)
• Evan Wolfson, �No Time For A Luau,� The Advocate, July 26, 1994, p.5 (a �wake-up call� to the community and overview of marriage)
• Evan Wolfson, �Hawaii Honeymoon,� Men�s Style, May/June 1995, p.114 (overview of marriage with focus on necessary tasks)
• Evan Wolfson, �Altared States,� 10 Percent, May/June 1995, p.28 (overview with analogy to different-race restriction)

• Harlon L. Dalton, �Reflections on the Lesbian and Gay Marriage Debate,� 1 Law & Sexuality 1 (1991)
• Nitya Duclos, �Some Complicating Thoughts on Same-Sex Marriage,� 1 Law & Sexuality 31 (1991)
• Mary C. Dunlap, �The Lesbian and Gay Marriage Debate: A microcosm of our hopes and troubles in the nineties,� 1 Law & Sexuality 63 (1991)
• Steven K. Homer, �Against Marriage,� 29 Harvard Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Rev. 505 (1994)
• Nan D. Hunter, �Marriage, Law, and Gender: A feminist legal inquiry,� 1 Law & Sexuality 9 (1991)
• Claudia A. Lewis, �From This Day Forward: A feminine moral discourse on homosexual marriage,� 97 Yale Law Journal 1783 (1988)
• Nancy Polikoff, �We Will Get What We Ask For: Why legalizing gay & lesbian marriage will not �dismantle the legal structure of gender in every marriage,�� 79 Va. Law Rev. 1535 (1993)
• Evan Wolfson, �Crossing The Threshold: Equal marriage rights for lesbians and gay men, and the intra-community critique,� 21 N.Y.U. Rev. of Law & Social Change 567 (1994)

• Habib Balian, �Til Death Do Us Part: Granting full faith and credit to marital status,� 68 S. Cal. Law Rev. 363
• Jennifer Gerarda Brown, �Competitive Federalism and the Legislative Incentives to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage,� 68 So. Cal. Law Rev. 745 (1995)
• Amy R. Brownstein, �Why Same-Sex Spouses Should Be Granted Preferential Immigration Status: Reevaluating Adams v. Howerton,� 16 Loy. L.A. Int�l & Comp. Law Journal 763 (1994)
• Barbara J. Cox, �Same-Sex Marriage and Choice of Law: If we marry in hawaii, are we still married when we return home?,� 1994 Wisc. Law Rev. 1033
• Joseph W. Hovermill, �A Conflict of Laws and Morals: The choice of law implications of Hawaii�s recognition of same-sex marriages,� 53 Md. Law Rev. 450 (1994)
• Deborah M. Henson, �Will Same-Sex Marriages Be Recognized in Sister States?: Full faith and credit and due process limitations on states� choice of law regarding the status and incidents of homosexual marriages following Hawaii�s Baehr v. Lewin,� 32 U. of Louisville Journal of Family Law 551 (1994)
• Thomas M. Keane, �Aloha, Marriage? Constitutional and Choice-of-Law Arguments for Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages,� 47 Stanford Law Rev. 499 (1995)
• Candace Sage, �Sister-State Recognition of Valid Same-Sex Marriages: Baehr v. Lewin � How will it play in Peoria?,� 28 Ind. Law Rev. 115 (1994)
• Evan Wolfson, �Winning and Keeping Equal Marriage Rights: What will follow victory in Baehr v. Lewin? � A summary of legal issues� (Lambda publication)
• Evan Wolfson & Gregory v.S. McCurdy, ��Let No One Set Asunder:� Full faith and credit for the validly contracted marriages of same-sex and different-sex couples� (199?)

• John Boswell, �Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe� (1994)
• John D�Emilio & Estelle B. Freedman, �Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America� (1988)
• William N. Eskridge, Jr., �A History of Same-Sex Marriage,� 79 Va. Law Rev. 1419 (1993)

• Sue N. Averill, �Desperately Seeking Status: Same-sex couples battle for employment-linked benefits,� 27 Akron Law Rev. 253 (1993)
• John C. Beattie, �Prohibiting Marital Status Discrimination: A Proposal for the Protection of Unmarried Couples,� 42 Hastings Law Journal 1415 (1991)
• Craig A. Bowman & Blake M. Cornish, �A More Perfect Union: A legal and social analysis of domestic partnership ordinances,� 92 Columbia Law Rev. 1164 (1992)
• Adam Chase, �Tax Planning for Same-Sex Couples,� 72 Denver Univ. Law Rev. 359 (1995)
• David Jefferson, �Gay Employees Win Benefits for Partners at More Corporations,� Wall Street Journal, Mar. 18, 1994, p.A1
• Lambda Legal, �Negotiating for Equal Employment Benefits: A resource packet� (July 1994) (periodically updated)
• Brooke Oliver, �Contracting for Cohabitation: Adapting the California statutory marriage contract to life partnership agreements between lesbian, gay or unmarried heterosexual couples,� 23 Golden Gate Univ. Law Rev. 899 (Summer 1993)
• Note, �Non-Traditional Family Values: Providing quasi-marital rights to same-sex couples,� 13 Boston College Third World Law Journal 317 (Summer 1993)

• Deborah M. Henson, �A Comparative Analysis of Same-Sex Partnership Protections: Recommendations for American Reform,� 7 Intl. Journal of Law & the Family 282 (1993)
• Lawrence Ingrassia, �Danes Don�t Debate Same-Sex Marriages, They Celebrate Them,� Wall Street Journal, June 8, 1994, p.A1 col.4
• Lesbian and Gay Legal Rights Service, �The Bride Wore Pink: Legal recognition of our relationships,� 3 Australasian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal 67 (Oct. 1993)
• Robin Mackenzie, �Transsexuals� Legal Sexual Status and Same Sex Marriage in New Zealand,� 7 Otago (NZ) Law Rev. 556 (1993)
• Shaughn Morgan, �Legal Recognition of Gay and Lesbian Relationships,� 3 Australasian Law Journal 57 (Oct. 1993)
• Pederson, �Denmark: Homosexual marriages and new rules regarding separation and divorce,� 30 Journal of Family Law 289 (1991-92)

• John Boswell, �Jews, Bicycle Riders, and Gay People: The determination of social consensus and its impact on minorities,� 1 Yale Journal of Law & Humanities 205 (1989)
• Mary Ann Case, �Couples and Coupling in the Public Sphere: A comment on the legal history of the litigating for lesbian and gay rights,� 79 Va. Law Rev. 1643 (1993)
• Andrew Koppelman, �Why Discrimination Against Lesbians and Gay Men Is Sex Discrimination,� 69 N.Y.U. Law Rev. 197 (1994)
• Andrew Koppelman, �The Miscegenation Analogy: Sodomy law as sex discrimination,� 98 Yale Law Journal 145 (1988)
• Sylvia Law, �Homosexuality and the Social Meaning of Gender,� 1988 Wis. Law Rev. 187
• Samuel A. Marcosson, �The �Special Rights� Canard in the Debate Over Lesbian and Gay Rights,� 9 Notre Dame. Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 137 (1995)
• Mark Strasser, �Family, Definitions, and the Constitution: On the Anti-Misecegenation Analogy,� 25 Suffolk Law Rev. 981 (1991)
• Evan Wolfson, �Civil Rights, Human Rights, Gay Rights: Minorities and the Humanity of the Different,� 14 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 21 (1991)

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