Melissa Murray

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Melissa Murray

10years ago
MS NOW

The strange history of marriage as court-ordered punishment

Last week, a judge made headlines by ordering a man to marry his girlfriend or spend 15 days in jail. But court-prescribed marriage was once remarkably common.

11years ago
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The new marriage inequality

By praising marriage so lavishly, did Justice Anthony Kennedy actually jeopardize the rights of those living outside of it?