Religion, Rights, and Relationships: The Dream of Relational Equality

@article{Denike2007ReligionRA,
  title={Religion, Rights, and Relationships: The Dream of Relational Equality},
  author={Margaret Denike},
  journal={Hypatia},
  year={2007},
  volume={22},
  pages={71 - 91}
}
This essay provides an analysis of the terms by which the question of extending civil marriage to same-sex couples has been posed, advanced, and resisted in Canada and the United States in the past few years. Denike draws on feminist theories of justice to evaluate the strategies and approaches of initiatives to reform the laws governing the state's recognition—and lack thereof—of personal relationships of dependency and care. She also examines the political opposition to such reforms and the… 
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