After Obergefell: On Marriage and Belonging in Carson McCullers’s Member of the Wedding
ON JUNE 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires every state to perform and recognize samesex marriages.¹ The LGBT community and their allies took to the streets in celebration. By the end of the day, rainbow colors lit up the White House as well as many social me...
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| Zusammenfassung: | ON JUNE 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires every state to perform and recognize samesex marriages.¹ The LGBT community and their allies took to the streets in celebration. By the end of the day, rainbow colors lit up the White House as well as many social media profiles. It was a historic day for gay rights as well as the institution of marriage. By extending marriage rights to those previously excluded, the law helped renew a national romance of marriage. The leading author of this romance was Justice Anthony Kennedy. Writing for the majority |
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| DOI: | 10.1515/9780823283736-007 |