books.google.ca - Same-sex marriage emerged in 2004 as one of the hottest issues of the campaign season. But in a severe blow to gay rights advocates, all eleven states that had the issue on the ballot passed amendments banning the practice, and the subject soon dropped off the media’s radar. This pattern of waxing...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Politics_of_Same_Sex_Marriage.html?id=D63iTQrXQsQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Politics of Same-Sex Marriage