Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition

Same-sex marriage continues to be a polarizing subject in the United States and other parts of the world. This new edition of Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook brings readers up to date on the status of same-sex unions from social, legal, political, and historical perspectives.

• Presents up-to-date coverage of important events in the modern history of same-sex marriage in the United States and other parts of the world as well as public opinion and statistics on same-sex marriage

• Describes and explains changes in the legal status of same-sex marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015

• Outlines potential future directions of the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage

• Provides an extensive bibliography, a collection of documents, a set of essays, and other resources for extended study of the topic