Implications of DOMA and the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage for Spousal Benefits

2015 ◽  
pp. 671-683
Author(s):  
Debra A. Harley ◽  
Pamela B. Teaster
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Court Ruling ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Supreme Court Ruling ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
The Supreme Court

Exploring the Polysemy of Voice and Silence

2018 ◽  
pp. 402-421
Author(s):  
Gust A. Yep ◽  
Rebecca N. Gigi ◽  
Briana E. Avila
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Gay Marriage ◽  
Court Ruling ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Supreme Court Ruling ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
Voice And Silence

This chapter addresses the complex interplay between voice and silence in US LGBT communities. In terms of voice, the chapter focuses on Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry and colloquially known as “Mr. Gay Marriage,” whose public comments on same-sex divorce before and after the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality focused on two central themes: (1) fairness and (2) protection. In terms of silence, the chapter focuses on the largely absent discourse about same-sex divorce in mainstream LGBT online media to explore its multiple meanings. The analysis explores three major themes: (1) that same-sex divorce is a recent phenomenon, (2) that same-sex divorce may not be relevant to unconventional long-term relationships, and (3) that creation of a pseudo charmed circle suppresses the visibility of same-sex divorce. The chapter concludes by exploring the implications of the multiple meanings of voice and silence surrounding same-sex relational dissolution.

After Obergefell: On Marriage and Belonging in Carson McCullers’s Member of the Wedding

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
Sarah Song
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Gay Rights ◽  
Court Ruling ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Supreme Court Ruling ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Civil Unions ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The Law

The 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges was a historic day for gay rights as well as for the institution of marriage. The Court's decision led many of the states that introduced marriage equality prior to Obergefell to eliminate civil unions on the grounds that same-sex couples could now get married. A reading of Carson McCullers's novel The Member of the Wedding in the context of Obergefell reveals the shadow marriage casts over nonmarital affinities and relationships. McCuller's protagonist, Frankie, desires not to join the wedding as a member but to disrupt it. Through Frankie's wedding fantasies, McCullers illuminates forms of belonging that are ostensibly outside the law and that move across temporal and spatial boundaries, unseating marriage as the measure of all relationships.

scholarly journals Imprisonment during COVID-19 in Brazil: A Brief Review on the Prison Situation during the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávio Mirza Maduro
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Court Ruling ◽  
Supreme Court Ruling ◽  
House Arrest ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Lower Courts

This mini-review aims to reflect upon the conditions of penitentiaries in Brazil during times of the pandemic; it also brings to discussion the recent decision by the Supreme Court of Brazil which allowed for certain detainees to carry out their sentences under house arrest; in addition, it aims to discuss how the judges on lower courts have decided in light of the aforementioned Supreme Court ruling. By outlining the conditions of imprisonment that can be observed in the jailing system, the authors seek to critically reflect upon the role of justice in the society during times of hardship. The authors begin by tracing a historical background in a concise way, in order to elucidate how situations of illnesses and bereavement have developed during the years. After that, the authors compare judicial rulings involving the current prison status quo. To conclude, the authors seek to add to the debate joining the voices who cry out for more assertive measures in the preservation of life and health of detainees and prison workers.

I’m Sweet on You

2018 ◽  
pp. 280-322
Author(s):  
E. Patrick Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Southern States ◽  
Legal Limits ◽  
Romantic Attachments ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Supreme Court Case

This chapter probes the narrators’ deep and enduring emotional and romantic attachments to other women, primarily by focusing on stories of dating and marriage. Johnson’s interlocutors recall: stories of how they met their partners, memories of particular dates, their family’s responses to their relationships, and, for some of them, how and when they decided to pursue marriage. Importantly, Johnson notes that all of these interviews took place before the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage across the nation in 2015. Despite the legal limits of partnership in Southern states, several of these women chose to remain in the region. Their choices reflect the need to think expansively about the possibilities for queer life for Black women in the South.

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