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Familial Purposes: An Argument Against the Promotion of Family Uniformity |
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| Authors: | Karen Struening |
| Institution: | Karen Struening teaches political science at Sarah Lawrence College. She is writing a book on the politics of family policy. |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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