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As the national debate intensifies over what marriage is and who may marry, Mary Lyndon Shanley argues that although the state should continue to play a role in regulating personal relations, the law must be fundamentally reformed if marriage is to become a more just institution.;Contents; Contributors; I; Just Marriage: On the Public Importance of Private Unions; II; The Public Stake; Marriage: Love or Care?; Of Federalism and Caste; Why Marriage?; Mystification, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Couples in Marriage; The Relational Case for Same-Sex Marriage; A Communitarian Position for Civil Unions; Between Justice and Commitment; Just Monogamy?; The Public Supports of Love; After Marriage; Beyond Marriage; Why We Should Disestablish Marriage; III; Afterword.
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