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The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2005

Miriam Smith
Miriam Smith
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Trent University
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“Nobody listens to us. There is not a single person in Washington who will get us…anything but shit and more shit. I'm sorry. This is where we are now. Nowhere.”

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 225 - 228
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

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