Does a marriage really need sex? A critical analysis of the gender restriction on marriage.

Fordham Urban Law Journal | September 1, 2003| | Copyright

INTRODUCTION

Marriage seems like an uncomplicated institution at first blush. Many people, beginning in childhood, think that marriage is something for which they should strive as a routine part of adult life. It seems that much of a person's life, particularly in the younger years, is devoted to finding that "special someone." A problem often arises, however, when that special someone is not who society expects, such as when that person is of the same-sex, is transsexual, or the individual is intersex. (1) The topic of marriage then seems to become extremely complicated.

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