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in defense of plural marriage WithmorethanhalfofAmericansnowinfavorofmarriageequality,itisclearthat societal norms of marriage are being quickly redefined. The growing belief that thestatemaynotdiscriminateagainstgaysandlesbianscallsintoquestionwhether thestatemaylimitmarriagetocouplesandexcludeotherkindsofmaritalunions. Whilemuchhasbeenwrittenaboutsame-sexmarriage,asofyet,therehasbeen nobook-lengthlegaltreatmentofunionsamongthreeormoreindividuals. Thefirstmajorstudyonpluralmarriageandthelaw,InDefenseofPluralMarriage beginstofillthislacunainthescholarlyliterature.RonaldC.DenOttershowshow the constitutional arguments that support the option of plural marriage are strongerthanthoseagainst.Ultimately,heproposesanewsemicontractualmarital model that would provide legal recognition for a much wider range of intimate relationships. Ronald C. Den Otter is an associate professor of political science at California PolytechnicStateUniversity,SanLuisObispo.ProfessorDenOtterhaspreviously taught courses in public law, political theory, and American politics at Cal State (LosAngeles),UCLA,PepperdineUniversity,andUCSantaCruz.Hisfirstbook, JudicialReviewinanAgeofMoralPluralism(2009),waspublishedbyCambridge UniversityPress. In Defense of Plural Marriage R O N A L D C . D E N O T T E R California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013–2473,usa CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107087712 ©RonaldC.DenOtter2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData DenOtter,RonaldC.,author. Indefenseofpluralmarriage/RonaldC.DenOtter,CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity, SanLuisObispo. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-08771-2(Hardback) 1. Polygamy–Lawandlegislation–UnitedStates. 2. Polygamy–Socialaspects. I. Title. KF519.D462015 346.730106723–dc23 2014050300 ISBN978-1-107-08771-2Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof urlsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. To my (only) wife,Grace, who has helpedme through the most difficult part ofmy life andcontinuesto doso. I love you very much andI am grateful for everything you have done for me in the past. Without you, this book, and many other important things, would nothave been possible. Contents Acknowledgments page ix Introduction 1 1 TheConstitutional Possibility of Plural Marriage 31 2 Judging the Case Against Plural Marriage(Part I) 65 3 Judging the Case Against Plural Marriage(Part II) 123 4 TheImportance of MaritalChoice 175 5 MarriageEquality 224 6 TheDisestablishment of Marriage 273 Conclusion 321 References 331 Index 351 vii
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