The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S. - Paperback

The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S. - Paperback

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The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S. - Paperback
  • The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S. - Paperback
The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S. - Paperback

The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S. - Paperback

$63.18
$63.18

by Michael J. Rosenfeld (Author)

A detailed story of how social science contributed to gay rights gains in the courts.

For most of American history, public opinion was strongly opposed to gay rights. Marriage equality had negligible public support throughout the 1970s-1980s. Yet, starting in the 1990s, American opinion toward marriage equality changed more than any other attitude in the history of American public
opinion. In Rainbow after the Storm, Michael J. Rosenfeld explains how attitudes toward marriage equality changed so much, and how public opinion change drove change at the ballot box and in the courts. As Rosenfeld shows, in three crucial same-sex marriage trials, the supporters and opponents of
marriage equality faced off. Rosenfeld describes the struggles of the same-sex couples who, with few resources at their disposal, and against formidable state and religious opponents, sued for the right to marry and eventually won. The first comprehensive analysis of the marriage equality movement
in the U.S., The Rainbow after the Storm tells the stories of key individuals, the court battles, and the society-wide explanations for the rapid liberalization of attitudes toward gay rights that made same-sex marriage the law of the U.S. sooner than almost anyone thought was possible.

Author Biography


Michael J. Rosenfeld is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. He studies mating, dating, divorce, and the changing American family. He has published research about family history and especially the rise of non-traditional unions, same-sex couples, and interracial unions. He is interested in personal politics, national politics, the politics of intimate relationships, and the politics of parenthood.

Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.6 x 9.29 x 6.14 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: December 03, 2021

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