Domestic partnerships: A response to recent proposals on civic unions
This paper argues that the State should protect the unique status of marriage because of the social benefits to children and society.
• Category: Public Policy > Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
• Iona Institute for Religion and Society • 2007

An Economic Assessment of Same-Sex Marriage Laws
This paper examines the economics of same-sex marriage and concludes that a "one size fits all" model for heterosexual and homosexual marriages may prove economically inefficient.
• Category: Public Policy > Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
• Harvard Society for Law & Public Policy, Inc. • 2006

The Revolution in Parenthood: The Emerging Global Clash Between Adult Rights and Children's Needs
This report discusses how redefining parenthood through government legislation (i.
• Category: Public Policy > Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
• Institute for American Values, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • September 25, 2006

The Facts Behind Cohabitation
This fact-sheet document highlights research about the differences between cohabitation and marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
• Civitas: the Institute for the Study of Civil Society • c.2001

The Future of Family Law: Law and the Marriage Crisis in North America.
This paper contends that the current debate in family law is centrally about competing visions of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
• Institute for American Values, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • June 2005

Why Marriage Matters: The Case for Normal Marriage
This is the testimony of Maggie Gallagher before the U.
• Category: Public Policy > Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
• United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary • September 4, 2003