Dr. Paulson is conducting research on states' reactions to activist movements for the legalization of gay marriage. Dr. Paulson has suggested that the state-by-state banning of gay marriage is an effort to keep the benefits conferred by marriage,
including inheritance of property and social security survivor benefits, within the heterosexual majority. Based on what you have learned this far in the course, which theoretical outlook do you think Dr. Paulson belongs to?
A. functionalist theory
B. conflict theory
C. symbolic interaction
D. none of these
B
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