文档介绍：TheTransformationofMarriage婚姻的变迁ByStephenBertmantrans-:across;form:(1);(2)vt.[1]Tobesure,"groupmarriages"ofthe1960sandtheindividualistic"openmarriages"ofthe1970seachchallengedthenotion(concept),whetherasapreludetoorasasubstitute(n./vt.)foraceremonywithlegalforce,hasfurtherundermined(weakened)theconceptofwedlock(marriage)asadiscrete(separate)anddistinctive(different)state[maritalstatus:(1)single;(2)married;(3)separate;(4)divorced].Allofthesechallenges,however,wereorarepredicateduponarelationshipthatisheterosexual,fashionedupon(imitate/copy)theAdam-and-,however,-SexMarriage:ActionandReaction(Response)[2]Inspired(Encouraged)bytheactivism(women’sliberationmovement/civilrightmovement)inthe1960sthatsecuredpoliticalandeconomicrightsforblacksandwomen,Americangaysandlesbiansmobilizedtoend(stop)whattheyviewedasthediscriminatorypracticeofgranting(giving).(junior-senior;juniorhighschool)hasstated(said)inhisbook,TheCaseforSame-SexMarriage(FreePress,1996):"Marriageisthemostimportantrightthestate(thegovernmentoftheUS)hastooffer,inpart(partially)becausebeingmarriedentailsdozensofassociatedrights,benefits,andobligations(responsibility)understateandfederallaw."Thesepertaintosuchmattersasparenthood,propertyownership,guardianship,andinheritance.[beobligedtodosth./.][3]OutsidetheUnitedStates,however,effortstolegitimizesame-sexmarriagehavemetwith(achieve)(Dutch)becamethefirstnationintheworldtoprovidecivil[<->military],Belgiumfollowedsuit(imitated).Andin2002and2003,courtsinthreeCanadianProvincesruled(vt.)thatthe[deny:vt.~(deprive).)denialofmarriagetosame-sexcouplesconstitutedaviolationofCanada'