''Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law'' is a 2008 book about

family law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriage, ...

reform by the legal scholar Nancy D. Polikoff.

Publication history

''Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage'' was first published in 2008 by

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. It was the third entry in the Queer Action/Queer Ideas series, edited by the gay writer

Michael Bronski Michael Bronski (born May 12, 1949) is an American academic and writer, best known for his 2011 book ''A Queer History of the United States''. He has been involved with LGBT politics since 1969 as an activist and organizer. He has won numerous a ...

Reception

''Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage'' received positive reviews from Jay Barth in ''

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'', Kenyon Farrow in ''

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'', and Robert L. Mack in the ''Journal of GLBT Family Studies''. Barth praised the book as "thoroughly researched, nicely argued, and well written". He found Polikoff's critique of the mainstream LGBT rights movement's approach to marriage "thought provoking", and recommended the book as suitable for upper-division undergraduates. Farrow credited Polikoff with arguing convincingly "that we have had more progressive moves toward family policy in our country's history". He remarked that Polikoff had provided real-life examples of problems occasioned by tying legal benefits to marriage, and recommended the book to readers "to help you ground your argument in practical terms". Mack described ''Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage'' as the first "well-researched, thoughtful, and articulate volume-length work" on decoupling legal rights from the institution of marriage in order to accommodate other family structures.

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