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Familial Purposes: An Argument Against the Promotion of Family Uniformity
Author(s) -
Struening Karen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1999.tb01981.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , promotion (chess) , law and economics , political science , family law , law , sociology , medicine , politics
William Galston (1996) and Jean Bethke Elshtain (1991) argue that law and policy should be used to promote the intact two‐parent married heterosexual fondly. Galston advocates divorce reform to discourage single‐parent families and Elshtain opposes extending the right to marry to same‐sex couples. In response, I defend a multipurpose definition of family, oppose making divorce more difficult, and support same‐sex marriage.