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vii Con­ tents Intro­ duc­ tion 3 1 Say­ ing Yes 5 2 Re­ search­ ing Fam­ ily Mar­ riage Tra­ di­ tions 26 3 De­ cid­ ing on Liv­ ing Ar­ range­ ments 42 4 Deal­ ing with the Legal Busi­ ness 68 5 Deal­ ing with the Legal Busi­ ness, Take Two 92 6 Plan­ ning the Cer­ e­ mony 125 7 Tak­ ing Stock of the Re­ la­ tion­ ship 142 8 Tak­ ing Care of ­ Last-Minute De­ tails 170 9 Get­ ting Mar­ ried 206 10 Liv­ ing Hap­ pily Ever After 214 Epi­ logue 226 Ap­ pen­ dix: A Brief and ­ Highly ­ Biased Leg­ is­ la­ tive His­ tory of ­ American Mar­ riage Equal­ ity with Re­ spect to Sex­ u­ al­ ity 229 Ac­ knowl­ edg­ ments 235 [13.59.36.203] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 03:45 GMT) Law­ fully Wed­ ded Hus­ band ...

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