America's struggle for same-sex marriage

Craig and Greg

Peg and Spence

Gordon and Jeff

New Mexico as introduction

Overview and background

Hats

Early stirrings

The mastermind

Political science themes

Massachusetts

Massachusetts before Goodridge

Goodridge

The 2004 Constitutional Convention

The legislative debates

California

Mayor Newsom

The winter of love

Flowers from the heartland

The nullification

Future court action

Backlash

Proposition 22 and a future same-sex marriage ballot measure

Oregon

Multnomah County

The defense of marriage coalition

Measure 36

The Measure 36 campaign

New York

The business of same-sex marriage

Public education

Procreation and child rearing

Are civil unions/domestic partnerships/reciprocal benefits adequate?

Acceptance or bigotry?

The roles of courts and legislatures

Judicial efficacy.