Sotirios Sarantakos --- "Same-sex marriage: which way to go?" [1999] AltLawJl 15; (1999) 24(2) Alternative Law Journal 79

[1] See for example Eskridge, W.N., The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment, Free Press, New York, 1996; Eskridge, W.N., ‘A History of Same-sex Marriage’, (1993) 49 Virginia Law Review, pp.1419-1513; Brown, J., ‘Competitive Federalism and the Legislative Incentives to Recognise Same-sex Marriage’, (1995) 68 Southern California Law Review, pp.745-839. Damslet, O., ‘Same-Sex Marriage’, (1993) 10 NY Law School Journal of Human Rights, pp.555-93; Strasser, M., Legally Wed: Same-sex Marriage and the Constitution, Cornell University Press, 1997; Sullivan, A., Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con: A Reader, Vintage Books, 1997; Wilson, S., ‘The Prison “Soft Cell”’, Sunday Herald Sun, 20 July 1997, p.51; Wolfson, E., ‘Crossing the Threshold: Equal Marriage Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men and the Intra-community Critique’, (1995) XXI 3 NYU Review of Law and Social Change, pp.567-615.

[2] See Wolfson, Evan, Winning and Keeping the Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples (1995) published on the Internet by Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples (http://www.buddybuddy.com/ wolfson1.html).

[3] National Freedom to Marry Coalition, National Freedom to Marry Day — February 12, (1998) published by the Coalition on the Internet by the National Freedom to Marry Coalition (http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/ OUT/News_199801/19980113f.html).

[4] See Lambda Nachrichten, (1998) ‘Heiratsachen. Niederlande: Jetzt auch Heirat’, Lambda Nachrichten. Oesterreichs Fuerende Lesben- und Schwulenzeitschrift, 3, p.47.

[5] Quilter and Pearl and Ors v Attorney-General [1997] NZCA 207; [1998] NZFLR 196.

[6] Action for Gay Marriage, The Essence of the Case, 1997, published on the Internet by the Action for Gay Marriage (http://www.base2.co.nz/ agm/essence.html).

[7] Action for Gay Marriage, Benefits of legal recognition for gay and lesbian marriages, 1997 published on the Internet by the Action for Gay Marriage (http://www.base2.co.nz/agm/benefits.html).

[8] See Demian, Most Compelling Reasons for Legal Marriage, 1997, published on the Internet by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples, (http://www.buddybuddy.com/demian-1.html).

[9] See Demian, Legal Marriage: The First Impediment, 1997, published in the Internet by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples (http://www.buddybuddy.com/demian-2.html).

[10] The Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples group, in a document published in the Internet in 1995 entitled ‘Factoids on domestic partnership benefits’ (see, http://www.buddybuddy.com/d-p-fac.html).

[11] See Sarantakos, S.,’Nature of Same-sex Relationships and Legal Recognition’, 1998a, submitted for publication; also Sarantakos, S., ‘Legal Recognition of Same-sex Relationships: The Views of Gays and Lesbians’, (1998b) 23(5) Alternative Law Journal 222.

[12] This notion has been supported also by a number of overseas writers. See e.g. Posner, R., Sex and Reason, The President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, 1992; Eskridge, 1996, ref.1, above, p. 70.

[13] See, for instance, Polikoff, N.D., ‘We will Get what we Asked for: Why Legalizing Gay and Lesbian Marriage will not “Dismantle the Legal Structure of Gender in Every Marriage”’, (1993) 79 Virginia Law Review; Ettelbrick, P.L., (1992) ‘Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation? in S. Sherman, (ed.), Lesbian and Gay Marriage: Private Commitments, Public Ceremonies, Philadelphia: Temple UP, pp.20-26.

[14] Eskridge, Action for Gay Marriage, No one is Forcing Marriage on Anyone, 1997 published on the Internet by Action for Gay Marriage (http://www.base2.co.nz/agm/lesbianconcerns.html).

[15] See Lesbian and Gay Legal Rights Services (LGLRS), ‘The Bride Wore Pink: Legal Recognition of our Relationships’, Discussion Paper, Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, Sydney, 1993, 1994.

[16] See Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria, ‘Same Sex Relationships and the Law’, Discussion Paper, Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997.

[17] The Significant Personal Relationships Bill introduced by Clover More to the NSW Parliament in June 1996, and the De Facto Relationships (Amendment) Bill introduced by Elizabeth Kirkby in June 1998, proposed to cover same-sex relationships do not speak of marriage. The Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria, in a recent summary of the responses to the Discussion Paper it issued in 1997, did not recommend marriage either. Similarly, in New Zealand, the Succession Adjustment Bill prepared by the Law Commission in 1997 proposed de facto relationship legislation as the option for legal recognition of same-sex relationships, not marriage.

[18] See Weston, K., Families we Choose. Lesbians, Gays, Kinship, Columbia University Press, New York, 1991.

[19] See Mohr, R.D., What is Marriage Anyway?, 1997, published on the Internet by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples (http://www.buddybuddy.com/Mohr-2.html).

[20] See Rauchfleish, U. ,Schwule, Lesben, Bisexuelle, Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1996, p.36. Rauchfleisch, U. Alternative Familienformen. Einehen, gleichgeschlechtliche Paare, Hausmänner, Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1997.

[21] See Morgenthaler, F., Homosexualität. Heterosexualität. Perversion, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt/M, 1987.

[22] See Demian, ‘Legal Marriage: The First Impediment’, 1997, published on the Internet by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples (http://www.buddybuddy.com/demian-2.html).

[23] See Sarantakos, above, 1998a, 1998b.