Same-Sex Issues.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- The Effect of State-Legalized Same-Sex Marriage on Social Security Benefits and Pensions -- Summary -- Social Security -- Federal Employee Pensions -- Private-Sector Pensions -- Bills in the 110th Congress -- End Notes -- Same-Sex Adoptions -- Summary -- End Notes -- Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues -- Summary -- Introduction -- Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)34 -- Potential Constitutional Challenges to DOMA37 -- Full Faith and Credit Clause -- Equal Protection -- Substantive Due Process (Right to Privacy) -- Interstate Recognition of Marriage -- States' Responses -- State Litigation -- State Constitutional Amendments Limiting Marriage to a Man and a Woman -- Alabama -- Arkansas -- Arizona -- California -- Colorado -- Florida -- Georgia -- Idaho -- Kansas -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Michigan -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- Montana -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- South Carolina -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Utah -- Virginia -- Wisconsin -- State "Civil Union" Laws -- Congressional Activity -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Homosexuals and the U.S. Military: Current Issues -- Summary -- Background and Analysis -- Discharge Statistics -- Issues -- Legal Challenges -- Actions Following the Murder of Private Barry Winchell -- Recruiting, JROTC, ROTC and Campus Policies -- High Schools -- Colleges and Universities -- Supreme Court Review of the Solomon Amendment -- Homosexuals and Marriages -- Foreign Military Experiences -- End Notes -- Chapter Sources -- Index.

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