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work_bgr4zsxetrdk7eaaaxbkyef2oy	Jan Deckers	Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law by E. Brake, 2012 Oxford, Oxford University Pressx + 256 pp., £64.00 (hb), £16.99 (pb)	2014	6	.pdf	application/pdf	1483	81	56	Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law; by Elizabeth Brake. Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law; by Elizabeth Brake. Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law; by Elizabeth Brake. Brake argues that, in spite of the historical dominance of polygyny, many (Western) states legitimise and promote a different kind of relationship: marriage, conceived as an amorous, dyadic, light, Brake welcomes that some jurisdictions have opened up marriage to include same-sex I am at one with Brake in adopting the view that this discrimination is wrong, but at odds with her Brake comments that she is not arguing that one cannot love another Brake then argues that marriage should rather be seen as a commitment, 'the attempt to bind legitimise particular caring relationships, Brake adopts the view that the state ought to support all justice, minimal marriage might thus, for example, facilitate immigration, care-taking leave, and the 	./cache/work_bgr4zsxetrdk7eaaaxbkyef2oy.pdf	./txt/work_bgr4zsxetrdk7eaaaxbkyef2oy.txt