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"Marrying Citizens! Race Subjects? Re-thinking the Terrain of Equal Marriage Discourse.".(WOMEN AND THE LAW/FEMME ET DROIT)(Brief article)

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| September 22, 2007 | Lenon, Suzanne J. | COPYRIGHT 2007 O.I.S.E. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

This article examines the racial construction of a gay/lesbian subject worthy of marriage through a critical analysis of legal submissions from the successful British Columbia and Ontario equal marriage cases as well as a submission made by Egale to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. It explores the ways that appeals to universal gay/ lesbian identity and the notion of the "freedom to marry" produce a white racial legal subject and ...

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