5 Great Books on Gay Marriage, selected by Lisa D. Brush

Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court, by Joyce Murdoch and Deb Price.  Basic Books, 2001.

Here Come the Brides: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage, ed. by Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort.  Seal Press, 2012.

The Marrying Kind?: Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement, ed. by Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor.  University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

The Nuptial Deal: Same-Sex Marriage and Neo-Liberal Governance , by Jaye Cee Whitehead.  University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Same-Sex Marriage, Pro and Con: A Reader, ed. by Andrew Sullivan.  Rev. and updated ed., 2004, Vintage; 1st ed., 1997.

Lisa D. Brush, associate professor of sociology, University of Pittsburgh,.  Most recent book: Poverty, Battered Women, and Work in U.S. Public Policy (Oxford University Press), a 2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.