Item Detail
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32898
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English
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From Loving to Obergefell and Beyond: Plural Marriage as the Next Sexual Justice Issue
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Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies
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Fall 2019
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10
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Logan, UT
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Utah State University
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6-27
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"The cases of Loving v. Virginia and Obergefell v. Hodges are two examples of civil rights cases in which those in committed and loving relationships, sought to have their right to legally marry under federal and state law permitted and recognised, and afforded the same rights that heterosexual couples of the same race were already privileged to enjoy. In the years since both of these landmark Supreme Court rulings, the numbers of mixed-race and same-sex marriages have risen consistently, with support for such unions rising too. This paper aims to demonstrate that in light of Loving, Obergefell, and other examples of case law, as well as longitudinal survey data gauging public opinion, the fight for the decriminalisation and legal recognition of plural marriage in the United States is the next civil rights issue relating to marriage and sex in the United States." [Author]