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Author
Series
Publisher
Eldorado Ink
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Hailed as "the world's greatest deliberative body," the United States Senate long enjoyed a reputation for high-minded debate and legislative achievement. But the upper chamber of Congress has lost much of its luster in recent years. The Senate's traditional norms of respect and comits have given way to repeated displays of contempt and finger pointing. Cooperation and consensus building have fallen victim to routine obstructionism. In an escalating...
Author
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The subject of same-sex marriage, including its intersection with the subject of religion, has exploded onto the cultural and political scene in the last 50 years. Before 1970, no state acted to ban same-sex marriage. In fact, it wasn't until 1970 that a same-sex couple applied for (and was denied) a marriage license in the United States. Thus, nearly 200 years after our country was founded, the subject was not even on most people's radars. Now,...