What Is Marriage For Author:E. J. Graff John Stuart Mill called marriage the first political institution most of us enter as adults. In a book that is always witty, often startling, E.J. Graff documents the many forms this institution has taken--while arguing forcefully for the legalization of same-sex marriage and shedding new light on such ongoing battles as equality between wives ... more »and husbands and the always contentious definition of family.« less