Gay Rights on Trial
A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
Published on 11. January 2002
324 pages
978-1-57607-732-0 (ISBN)
Description
An in-depth examination of the relationship between gay rights, public opinion, and legislation since the late 1800s.
In this comprehensive overview of how the American legal system has approached issues pertaining to sexual orientation and how the law has advanced-or hindered-civil rights, author Lee Walzer reveals that while the United States has the world's most developed lesbian and gay community, it lags other countries on equality for sexual minorities.
Gay Rights on Trial focuses on four significant cases that have shaped the development of gay rights, including detailed discussion of majority and dissenting decisions and analysis of their legacy and impact. Also included are a chronology; a section of key people, laws, and concepts; a table of cases; key legal documents such as the Defense of Marriage Act and the Vermont Civil Union Act; and an annotated bibliography.
In this comprehensive overview of how the American legal system has approached issues pertaining to sexual orientation and how the law has advanced-or hindered-civil rights, author Lee Walzer reveals that while the United States has the world's most developed lesbian and gay community, it lags other countries on equality for sexual minorities.
Gay Rights on Trial focuses on four significant cases that have shaped the development of gay rights, including detailed discussion of majority and dissenting decisions and analysis of their legacy and impact. Also included are a chronology; a section of key people, laws, and concepts; a table of cases; key legal documents such as the Defense of Marriage Act and the Vermont Civil Union Act; and an annotated bibliography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
File size
2,22 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-57607-732-0 (9781576077320)
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Content
- Cover
- Gay Rights ON TRIAL
- Other books in ABC-CLIO's On Trial Series
- Gay Rights ON TRIAL
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Part One
- 1 Introduction
- Religion and Homosexuality
- Changing Notions of Morality and the Law
- Evolution of the American Family
- Sides in the Gay Rights Dispute
- Gay Rights Advocates
- Gay Liberationists
- Lesbian Feminists
- Religion
- Conservatives
- Liberals
- The Medical Community
- Civil Rights Law and the Gay Rights Issue
- 2 Historical Background
- Traditional Attitudes toward Same-Sex Behavior
- Same-Sex Behavior in the American Colonies
- The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- Romantic Friendships between Women
- World War II
- The Postwar Years
- The Kinsey Report
- The Birth of the Homophile Movement
- The Daughters of Bilitis
- Stonewall
- The Rise of the Castro and Harvey Milk
- AIDS and the 1980s
- The 1990s to the Present
- 3 Cases
- Bowers v. Hardwick
- The Majority
- The Dissent
- Analysis
- Romer v. Evans
- The Majority
- The Dissent
- Analysis
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- The Majority
- The Dissent
- Analysis
- Baker v. Vermont
- The Majority
- Concurring Opinion
- The Dissent
- Analysis
- Conclusion
- 4 Legacy and Impact
- The United States
- Canada
- Israel
- South Africa
- France
- Denmark and the Netherlands
- Conclusion
- Part Two
- Documents
- Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
- Picado et al. v. Jegley (2001)
- Romer v. Evans (1996)
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
- Baker v. Vermont (1999)
- Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)
- Vermont Civil Union Law
- Key People, Laws, and Concepts
- Baehr v. Lewin
- Baker v. Nelson
- Baker v. Vermont
- Bowers, Michael
- Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- Civil Union
- Clinton, William Jefferson
- Colin ex. rel. Colin v. Orange Unified School District
- Dale, James
- Defense of Marriage Act
- Doe v. Commonwealth's Attorney
- Domestic Partnership
- "Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Don't Pursue)"
- Dubofsky, Jean
- Due Process Clause
- Equal Protection Clause
- Equality Foundation v. City of Cincinnati
- Gay Lib v. University of Missouri
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- Hardwick, Michael
- Homosexuality
- Kameny, Frank
- Loving v. Virginia
- Norton, Gale
- Padula v. Webster
- Picado et al. v. Jegley
- Registered Partnership
- Romer v. Evans (1996)
- Shahar, Robin
- Singer v. Hara
- Stonewall Riots
- Wolfson, Evan
- Chronology
- 1610
- 1961
- 1967
- 1969
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1977
- 1981
- 1983
- 1984
- 1986
- 1989
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- Table of Cases
- Annotated Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
