Why Marriage Matters
{{Short description|2004 book by Evan Wolfson}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry
| image = Why Marriage Matters.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author = Evan Wolfson
| country = United States
| language = English
| subject = Same-sex marriage
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| pub_date = 2004
| media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
| pages = 240
| isbn = 0-7432-6458-4
}}
Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry is a 2004 book by Evan Wolfson in which the author advocates the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. It was published by Simon & Schuster.
Reviews
- {{cite magazine |last1=Charles |first1=Harry |title=Law & Crime |magazine=Library Journal |date=15 July 2004 |volume=129 |issue=12 |pages=101–102 |issn=0363-0277}}
- {{cite magazine |last1=DeCrescenzo |first1=Teresa |title=A Look at Books |magazine=Lesbian News |date=1 November 2004 |volume=30 |issue=4 |page=33 |issn=0739-1803}}
- {{cite news |last1=Garrow |first1=David J. |author-link=David Garrow |title=Once in the Closet, Now in the Courts |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-15-bk-garrow15-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713055330/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-15-bk-garrow15-story.html |archive-date=13 July 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=15 August 2004 |page=R3 |issn=0458-3035 |access-date=9 April 2021 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
- {{cite magazine |last1=Graff |first1=E. J. |author-link=E. J. Graff|title=Marriage Matters |magazine=Out |date=September 2004 |pages=104, 106, 110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA104 |publisher=Here Publishing |issn=1062-7928 |language=en}}
- {{cite magazine |last1=Graham |first1=Chad |title=Tradition! Tradition? |magazine=The Advocate |date=31 August 2004 |issue=921 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BGUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33 |issn=0001-8996}}
- {{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=J. S. |title=Good marriage reading |url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2006225405/2004-08-28/ed-1/seq-30/ |work=Q-Notes |volume=19 |issue=8 |date=28 August 2004 |page=30}}
- {{cite news |last1=Hartnett |first1=Kimberly Marlowe |title=Making the Case for Gay Marriage |work=The Oregonian |date=1 August 2004 |page=D07|issn=8750-1317}}
- {{cite magazine |title=Why Marriage Matters |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |date=1 June 2004 |volume=72 |issue=11 |page=532 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/evan-wolfson/why-marriage-matters/ |language=en |issn=1948-7428}}
- {{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Tim |author-link=Tim Miller (performance artist) |title=Saving the Union with Evan Wolfson |url=https://archive.org/details/BAR_20040805/page/n23/mode/2up |work=Bay Area Reporter |volume=34 |number=32 |date=5 August 2004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/BAR_20040805/page/n23/mode/2up 25], [https://archive.org/details/BAR_20040805/page/n33/mode/2up 34], [https://archive.org/details/BAR_20040805/page/n39/mode/2up 40] |issn=2374-264X}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Mumford |first1=Kevin |title=The Miscegenation Analogy Revisited: Same-Sex Marriage as a Civil Rights Story |journal=American Quarterly |date=2005 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=523–531 |doi=10.1353/aq.2005.0032 |jstor=40068278 |s2cid=144842240 |issn=0003-0678}}
- {{cite magazine |last1=Olivera |first1=Edward |title=Topics in Citizenship |magazine=Lambda Book Report |date=June–July 2004 |volume=12 |issue=11 |pages=17–18 |issn=1048-9487}}
- {{cite magazine |title=Nonfiction |magazine=Publishers Weekly |date=28 June 2004 |volume=251 |issue=26 |page=43 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7432-6458-7 |issn=0000-0019}}
- {{cite news |last1=Saletan |first1=William |author-link=William Saletan |title=The Peculiar Institution |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/books/review/the-peculiar-institution.html |work=The New York Times Book Review |date=26 September 2004 |page=9 |issn=0028-7806}}
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