Title: Same-sex marriage : the moral and legal debate /
Authors: Baird, Robert M., 1937-; Rosenbaum, Stuart E.
Publisher: Prometheus Books,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Same-sex marriage United States; Same-sex marriage Moral and ethical aspects United States.; Same-sex marriage Law and legislation United States
Abstract: The issue of same-sex marriage has attracted the attention of many political and cultural interests. Same-Sex Marriage: The Moral and Legal Debate presents a balanced sampling of diverse and cogent arguments by academics, politicians, journalists, attorneys, judges, and activists. The perspectives range from the views of lesbian feminists, who decry the institution of marriage as an instrument of oppression, to those of religious and cultural conservatives, who see same-sex marriage as the fatal undermining of traditional family structure and even of Western civilization itself.
Contents: Pt.1. The defense of marriage act. The text; The Hon. Henry A. Waxman : in opposition; The Hon. Jesse Helms : in support -- Pt.2. The emotional dimensions of the debate. A (personal) essay on same-sex marriage / Barbara J. Cox -- Adam and Eve, not Adam and Henry / Jeffrey Hart -- A lesbian family / Lindsy Van Gelder -- I left my husband for the woman I love / Jane Doe -- Marriage from God, not courts / Cal Thomas -- Counseling same-sex couples / Douglas Carl -- Pt.3. The philosophical arguments. The morality of homosexual marraige / Daniel Maguire -- Is it wrong to discriminate on the basis of homosexuality? / Jeff Jordan -- The case for gay marriage / Richard D. Mohr -- The stakes in the gay-marriage wars / Richard D. Mohr -- How domestic partnerships and "gay marriage" threaten the family / Robert H. Knight --