ISBN:
9780307490421
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.84/8
Keywords:
Same-sex marriage..
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Homosexuality--Religious aspects..
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Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc
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Electronic books
Abstract:
With same-sex marriage igniting a firestorm of controversy in the press and in the courts, in legislative chambers and in living rooms, Andrew Sullivan, a pioneering voice in the debate, has brought together two thousand years of argument in an anthology of historic inclusiveness and evenhandedness. Among the selections included here:- The 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in support of same-sex marriage- Justice Kennedy's majority opinion and Justice Scalia's dissent in the 2003 landmark Supreme Court decision striking down anti-sodomy laws- President George W. Bush's call for a Federal Marriage Amendment- John Kerry's Senate speech urging defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act- Harvard historian Nancy F. Cott's testimony before the Vermont House Judiciary Committee- Reverend Peter J. Gomes on the distinction between civil and religious marriage- Stanley Kurtz on the politics of gay marriage- Evan Wolfson on the popularity of the right to marry among lesbians and gay men- New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks' conservative case for same-sex marriage- Excerpts from Genesis, Leviticus, and other essential biblical texts- Aristophanes's classic theory of same-sex love, from Plato's Symposium- Hannah Arendt on marriage as a fundamental right- Camille Paglia's skepticismRepresenting the full range of perspectives and the most cogent and arresting arguments, Same-Sex Marriage is essential to a balanced understanding of the most pressing cultural question we face today.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Abstract:
Intro -- About the Author -- Other Books by This Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface to the 2004 Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter One: For the First Time Ever? Same-Sex Marriage in History -- Plato, "The Speech of Aristophanes" -- Brent D. Shaw, "A Groom of One's Own?" -- Ralph Hexter, "Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe: A Response" -- Michel de Montaigne, "A Strange Brotherhood" -- James McGough, "Deviant Marriage Patterns in Chinese Society" -- Bret Hinsch, "Husbands, Boys, Servants" -- The Editors at Fincher's, "A Curious Married Couple" -- Melville J. Herskovits, "A Note on 'Woman Marriage' in Dahomey" -- Walter L. Williams, "A Normal Man" -- The Editors at the Harvard Law Review, "The Precedents Abroad" -- Chapter Two: In God's Name? The Religious War Continues -- The Holy Bible, The King James Version (Genesis, Leviticus, Romans, Corinthians) -- National Conference of Catholic Bishops "Statement on Same-Sex Marriage" -- The Editors of Commonweal, "Marriage's True Ends" -- Jean Bethke Elshtain, "Against Gay Marriage" -- Dennis Prager, "Homosexuality, the Bible, and Us-A Jewish Perspective" -- Bishop John Shelby Spong, "Blessing Gay and Lesbian Commitments" -- Rabbi Yoel H. Kahn, "The Kedushah of Homosexual Relations" -- Jeffery John, "Creation and Natural Law" -- Andrew Sullivan, "What You Do" -- Chapter Three: It Is So Ordered? The Path of the Courts -- "Race and the Right to Marry" Loving v. Virginia -- "The Definitional Argument," Jones v. Hallahan -- "No Right to Sodomy," Bowers v. Hardwick -- "Even Prisoners Can Marry," Turner v. Safely -- "The Sex Discrimination Point: Upheld," Baehr v. Lewin -- "Homosexuals and Equal Protection," Romer v. Evans -- "The Right to Sodomy Upheld," Lawrence v. Texas -- "No Second Class Citizenship," Goodridge v. Department of Public Health.
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