When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

The evidence shows both that marriage changes gay people more than gay people change marriage. In the end, Badgett compellingly shows that allowing gay couples to marry does not destroy the institution of marriage and that many gay couples do benefit, in expected as well as surprising ways, from the legal, social, and political rights that the institution offers....

NYU Press • Aug 6, 2009