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2008 ASA Annual Meeting

Back Down to the Crossroads: Integrative American Studies in Theory and Practice
October 16 - 19, 2008
Albuquerque, NM

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Same-Sex Marriage, Human Rights, and the Law

National

"Defense Of Marriage Act" 5/96 H.R. 3396 Summary/Analysis. This is the actual act text submitted and enacted in 1996 by the U.S and provided here by Lect Law.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Defense of Marriage Act. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. The Defense of Marriage Act. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Federal Marriage Amendment HJ 56 IH. This is the amendment as it was initially proposed to Congress on May 21, 2003.

50-state rundown on gay marriage law. Consistently updated, this site from Stateline.org contains current law and legislation, if any, on all fifty United States, including information on the recent passing of anti-gay marriage constitutional amendments in 11 states.

Global

Where You Can Marry: Global Summary of Registered Partnership, Domestic Partnership, and Marriage Laws. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) page which contains frequently asked questions and laws regarding same-sex marriage all over the world in their section "Rights Conferred on Same-Sex Partners Worldwide."

Where Having Sex is a Crime: Criminalization and Decriminalization of Homosexual Acts. IGLHRC's page containing female and male sodomy laws for various countries.