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Does a Different Type of Marriage Make a Difference?

When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage. By M. V. Lee Badgett, New York University Press, 2009. 287 pp. $35 (hardback). ISBN: 978-0-8147-9114-1.

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Lannutti, P.J. Does a Different Type of Marriage Make a Difference?. Sex Roles 62, 387–388 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9737-y

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