State Constitutional Amendments Defining Marriage: On Protections, Restrictions, and Credibility
Florida Coastal Law Review, Vol. 7, pp. 365-387, 2005
Posted: 25 May 2006
Abstract
This symposium article discusses recent state constitutional amendments limiting marriage, suggesting that many of the rationales offered in support of such amendments involve faculty factual assertions or conclusions which do not follow from the premises offered. The article concludes that the state marriage amendments do not strengthen marriage but instead make it a political tool, thereby sullying it in the name of protecting it.
Keywords: marriage, constitutional amendment, children. benefits
JEL Classification: J12, J71, K10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Strasser, Mark, State Constitutional Amendments Defining Marriage: On Protections, Restrictions, and Credibility. Florida Coastal Law Review, Vol. 7, pp. 365-387, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=904193
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