MARK STRASSER is Trustees Professor of Law, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio. He is the co-editor of Same-Sex Marriages: A Debate (Praeger, 2003), The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage: Federalist Principles and Constitutional Protections (Praeger, 1999), and Legally Wed: Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution (1997).

• Introduction Vermont's Creation of Civil Unions When Are Benefits Equal Civil Unions and Parental Status The Right to Travel Retroactivity and the Hawaii Referendum Toleration and Same-Sex Relationships Marriage, Religion, and Free Exercise Understanding Loving and Equal Protection Guarantees Threats to the Right to Privacy Bibliography Index

MARK STRASSER is Trustees Professor of Law, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio. He is the co-editor of Same-Sex Marriages: A Debate (Praeger, 2003), The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage: Federalist Principles and Constitutional Protections (Praeger, 1999), and Legally Wed: Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution (1997).

• Introduction Vermont's Creation of Civil Unions When Are Benefits Equal Civil Unions and Parental Status The Right to Travel Retroactivity and the Hawaii Referendum Toleration and Same-Sex Relationships Marriage, Religion, and Free Exercise Understanding Loving and Equal Protection Guarantees Threats to the Right to Privacy Bibliography Index

MARK STRASSER is Trustees Professor of Law, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio. He is the co-editor of Same-Sex Marriages: A Debate (Praeger, 2003), The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage: Federalist Principles and Constitutional Protections (Praeger, 1999), and Legally Wed: Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution (1997).

• Introduction Vermont's Creation of Civil Unions When Are Benefits Equal Civil Unions and Parental Status The Right to Travel Retroactivity and the Hawaii Referendum Toleration and Same-Sex Relationships Marriage, Religion, and Free Exercise Understanding Loving and Equal Protection Guarantees Threats to the Right to Privacy Bibliography Index