Equality for Same-Sex Couples

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Changing Institution of Marriage and the Exclusion of Same-Sex Couples
2.1 A Few Words about the Idiosyncrasies of the Institution of Marriage and Its Ends from Ancient Greece to the Present
2.2 Current Concepts and Characteristics of Marriage Law and Cohabitation in Northern Europe and the United States
2.3 Equality in Marriage: Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation
2.4 Marriage for Same-Sex Couples and Alternative Models for the Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships
3. Registered Partnerships in the Nordic Countries
3.1 The First Registered Partnership Act—Denmark
3.2 Registered Partnership in Norway
3.3 Registered Partnership and Cohabitation in Sweden
3.4 Iceland's Registered Partnership Act
3.5 The Status of Same-Sex Couples in Finland and the Bill on Registered Partnership
4. Same-Sex Partnerships in the Netherlands
4.1 Cohabitation of Same-Sex Couples
4.2 The Dutch Registered Partnership Act
4.3 Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
4.4 The Dutch Act on Same-Sex Marriage
5. Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in Other European Countries
5.1 Common Law Marriage in Hungary and Portugal
5.2 Countries with a "Light" Version of Registered Partnership
5.3 Countries Progressing toward the Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships
6. The Cohabitation Model
6.1 Canada
6.2 Australia
6.3 New Zealand
7. Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States
7.1 Parental Rights of Same-Sex Couples in the United States
7.2 Judicial Recognition of Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Cohabitation in the United States
7.3 Adult Adoption by Same-Sex Partners
7.4 Domestic Partnerships and Civil Unions
7.5 Opening Up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples
8. Contrasts between the Models of Recognition and the Status of Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe
8.1 The European Registered Partnership Acts
8.2 Domestic Partnerships in the United States
8.3 Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe Contrasted
9. Domestic Partnership, Registered Partnership, and Marriage
9.1 Registered Partnership and Marriage Compared
9.2 Domestic Partnership and Marriage Compared
9.3 Existing Models of Recognition as "Second-Class Marriage"
10. Alternatives to Marriage and the Doctrine of "Separate but Equal"
10.1 Racial Segregation in the United States
10.2 Segregation Based on Gender and Sexual Orientation
10.3 The Loving Analogy
10.4 The Brown Analogy
10.5 Intracommunity Perceptions of a Separate Regime for Same-Sex Couples
11. The Feasibility of Opening Up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples
11.1 The Necessary Process
11.2 Repeal of Sodomy Laws and Protection from Discrimination in Europe
11.3 Repeal of Sodomy Laws and Protection from Discrimination in the United States
11.4 Sodomy Laws, Antidiscrimination, and Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships
11.5 Same-Sex Marriage
12. Conclusion
Appendix A: European Same-Sex Legislation in Translation
Appendix B: Developments in the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, and Brazil
Bibliography
Index