День: 20.10.2015

The men

201a Outside of the age range. Not included in the analysis. 201b Outside of the age range. Not included in the analysis. 202a Daniel is a 34-year-old, white, British man. He lives with his partner Robert in London. Daniel was 31 when they entered into civil partnership. They have been together for nearly 8 years, […]

Gay Marriage: Precedents, Alternatives, and Politics

In his dissent from the Lawrence decision, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia predicted that overturning Bowers left “shaky grounds” for state opposi­tion to same-sex marriage. At the time, I doubted that Scalia’s fears about gay marriage would soon materialize. Thus, the speed with which same-sex marriage gathered momentum in the United States surprised me. Marriage in […]

Biographies of Interviewees

The women 101a Amina is a 30-year-old woman who identifies as Arabic. She met her cur­rent partner Josha less than two years ago and they have now been in a civil partnership for five months. Their marriage was instigated by Amina’s non — EU citizenship. Amina and Josha live together in Amina’s flat in North […]