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Publication Date:
July 2013
Contexts, American Sociological Association Vol. 12, Issue 3.
When it comes to same-sex marriage, one might expect black Americans to be on board–if it’s a civil rights question, why shouldn’t they be? Marcus Anthony Hunter looks at some of the tangled past behind blacks’ reluctance to accept gay marriage.