By Kimberly D. Richman
A serious reader of the historical past of marriage knows that it really is an establishment that has constantly been in flux. it's also a decidedly advanced one, present concurrently within the geographical regions of faith, legislation, and emotion. And but fresh years have noticeable dramatic and seriously waged battles over the proposition of together with similar intercourse in marriage. simply what's at stake in those battles? This ebook examines the meanings of marriage for within the first states to increase that correct to similar intercourse undefined: California and Massachusetts. the 2 states offer a compelling distinction: whereas in California the rights that flatter marriage—inheritance, custody, and so forth—were already granted to lower than the state’s household partnership legislations, these in Massachusetts didn't have this comparable set of rights. even as, Massachusetts has provided civil marriage continually in view that 2004; Californians, nevertheless, have skilled a way more turbulent felony path.
And but, same-sex in either states search to marry for a number of interacting, overlapping, and evolving purposes that don't fluctuate considerably via location. The facts indicates us that for lots of of those participants, entry to civil marriage in particular—not household partnership by myself, irrespective of how broad—and not a dedication rite by myself, regardless of how emotional—is a house of such own, civic, political, and instrumental resonance that it's eventually tough to disentangle the various meanings of marriage. This publication makes an attempt to take action, and within the method finds simply what's at stake for those undefined, how entry to a criminal establishment essentially alters their cognizance, and what the influence of felony inclusion is for these frequently excluded.
Kimberly Richman is affiliate Professor of Sociology and felony reports on the collage of San Francisco.
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7 This meant that most of the couples seeking legal marriage already had access to the rights associated with marriage (at least at the state level), and many had already experienced the ceremonial aspect of marriage. For the second phase of the research, interviewees were recruited in a number of ways. In San Francisco, they were primarily recruited via the survey; in an optional last page of the otherwise anonymous survey, they were given the opportunity to fill in their name and contact information for consent to be contacted for an interview.
12 It banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage and held that the states need not recognize such unions if they are granted by another state. While the latter was the primary motivation for passing the law, its effect was virtually nil, since no state at that time was legally marrying same-sex couples. S. 13 The former provision, however, titled Section 3 of the law, had a profound impact on same-sex couples across the nation. The non-recognition of same-sex relationships at the federal level had far-reaching consequences for the filing of federal taxes, social security and other federal benefit programs, immigration law, and spousal benefits for those employed by the federal government among others.
However, most couples, when pressed in the interview, were able to parse out what had been their thoughts and motivations at the time and how their thoughts had evolved in the time since. 9 The initial interviews ranged in length from thirty minutes to two hours and fifty-three minutes, with an average of just under one-and-a-half hours. Whenever possible, the interviews were done in person, with both spouses present. 10 In an effort to make the Massachusetts interviews as comparable as possible to those in California, I asked the interviewees there for the Introduction >> 9 same demographic and attitudinal information that had been included in the surveys of San Francisco couples, including Likert ratings on a scale of one to five for the various motivations for marrying about which I questioned both sets of couples.