Dire Straights. Jonathan Rauch.
by Rauch, Jonathan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 14Family. Publisher: Washington Monthly, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Domestic partner benefits | Gay liberation movement | Gays | Lesbians | Marriage | Same-sex marriage | Social policy | Unmarried couplesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1995, not even nine years ago, my father advised me to stop writing about gay marriage. Whatever its merits, he said, the idea was so farfetched, so out there, that I would look foolish harping on it. 'Ain't gonna happen,' he said. I wouldn't, at that time, have bet against him. But in the past nine months, the world has turned on its axis. First, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned state bans on sodomy, in terms that ringingly affirmed the dignity of gay couples. Then the Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court ordered that, effective in May [2004], same-sex marriage will be legal in that state. San Francisco, in apparent defiance of state law, began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Several other cities, at least briefly, did the same. President Bush called for the U.S. Constitution to be amended to ban gay marriage. Around the country, on every side of the argument, necks ached from cultural whiplash. I know mine did." (WASHINGTON MONTHLY) The author explains his position that "outlawing marriage for gays will undermine marriage for all."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Dire Straights, April 2004; pp. 20-23.
"In 1995, not even nine years ago, my father advised me to stop writing about gay marriage. Whatever its merits, he said, the idea was so farfetched, so out there, that I would look foolish harping on it. 'Ain't gonna happen,' he said. I wouldn't, at that time, have bet against him. But in the past nine months, the world has turned on its axis. First, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned state bans on sodomy, in terms that ringingly affirmed the dignity of gay couples. Then the Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court ordered that, effective in May [2004], same-sex marriage will be legal in that state. San Francisco, in apparent defiance of state law, began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Several other cities, at least briefly, did the same. President Bush called for the U.S. Constitution to be amended to ban gay marriage. Around the country, on every side of the argument, necks ached from cultural whiplash. I know mine did." (WASHINGTON MONTHLY) The author explains his position that "outlawing marriage for gays will undermine marriage for all."
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