<div dir="ltr"><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif">BOOK LAUNCH<br>
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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:48pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif">Justifying
Same-Sex Marriage</span></p>
<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif">A
Philosophical Investigation</span><span style="font-size:48pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif">By
Louise Richardson-Self<br>
with Guest Speaker <br>
Jenny Leong MP for Newtown</span></p>
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<p class="" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">There is massive public interest in same-sex marriage, a controversial
topic that is rarely out of the media. This book investigates the extent to
which legalizing same-sex marriage can contribute to ending the discrimination
and social stigma faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender men and
women (LGBT) in the Western world. This issue breaks down into several further
questions: can marriage equality be defended without reinforcing the idea that
marriage is the most/only valuable form of intimate relationship? Can marriage
equality be defended without further marginalizing non-conforming LGBT people?
What kind of equality should LGBT people strive for? What critical agenc</span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(20,24,35);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">y might they lose when this equality is achieved? What institutional
legacies should we embrace? The book focuses on human rights arguments
supporting same-sex marriage and questions whether they are likely to both
justify legal change and encourage shifts in the sociopolitical reception of
LGBT people. After critically analyzing various arguments in favor of same-sex
marriage, the author puts forward a justification that allows for marriage
equality and does not result in the assimilation of queer identities into
heteronormative identity.</span></span></p><p class="" style="text-align:left"><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(20,24,35);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="" style="text-align:left"><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(20,24,35);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">RSVP: <a href="http://www.gleebooks.com.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=224369">http://www.gleebooks.com.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=224369</a></span></span></p><p class="" style="text-align:left"><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(20,24,35);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Buy the book: <a href="http://www.rowmaninternational.com/books/justifying-same-sex-marriage">http://www.rowmaninternational.com/books/justifying-same-sex-marriage</a></span></span></p><p class="" style="text-align:left"><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(20,24,35);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(20,24,35);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></span></p></div>