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100			_aStruening, Karen
245			_aDo government sponsored marriage promotion policies place undue pressure on individual rights?
260			_c2007
300			_ap.241-59.
362			_aSep
520			_aThe dominance of social science research in the debate over the Bush Administration's Healthy Marriage Initiative may explain why questions regarding the proper role of government in regulating adult intimacy have received little attention. Social science research focuses on outcomes such as well-being and health. In contrast, rights-based legal theory considers whether state action undermines the rights of individuals. In this article, I intend to shift the debate over marriage promotion policy from questions of child well-being to questions of individual rights. I will ask the following questions: Do individuals have a liberty interest in making their own choices about intimate relationships, such as marriage? Do federally-financed (and frequently state-run) marriage programs compromise this liberty interest? Are there any constitutional grounds for objecting to marriage promotion policy? - Reproduced.
650			_aMarriage
773			_aPolicy Sciences
908			_aN
909			_a76411
999			_c76411 _d76411