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Chaos, Law, And God: The Religious Meanings Of Homosexuality, Jay Michaelson Jan 2008

Chaos, Law, And God: The Religious Meanings Of Homosexuality, Jay Michaelson

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This Article argues that the religious meaning of homosexuality cannot be explained merely in terms of homophobia, "church and state," or traditional values versus progressive ones. Rather, the regulation of sexuality has a particular religious meaning: sexuality is a primary site in which religious law is engendered, where the lawfulness of religion meets the chaos beyond it. Whether in Biblical times or today, changing the way sexuality is regulated is a threat to the notion of order itself, as construed by Jewish and Christian religion. Arguments about gay rights, same-sex marriage, and related issues are not merely arguments informed by …


Professional Rules And Responsibilitty: Whose Law?, Michele Goodwin Jan 2001

Professional Rules And Responsibilitty: Whose Law?, Michele Goodwin

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

A Poem.


Androgenius, David Boyle Jan 2001

Androgenius, David Boyle

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

A Poem.


Judge, Lisa Demsky Jan 1999

Judge, Lisa Demsky

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

A poem.


Burnt Things And Cinderella Perpetua, Mtc Cronin Jan 1997

Burnt Things And Cinderella Perpetua, Mtc Cronin

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Two poems.


Transcending The Body Politic, Katherine Wise Jan 1996

Transcending The Body Politic, Katherine Wise

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

A poem.


An Essay On The Piano, Law, And The Search For Women's Desire, Julia E. Hanigsberg Jan 1996

An Essay On The Piano, Law, And The Search For Women's Desire, Julia E. Hanigsberg

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The thesis of this essay is a simple one: to have a measure of control over her destiny, to have any choices, a woman must be a sexual agent, a subject of desire rather than an object. How can women exercise any autonomy in any other realms if in their most intimate lives they are unable to voice their desires? I do not mean to suggest that sexuality has unlimited explanatory power or that everything about women's domination can be explained by a rearticulation of desire. I do believe, however, that although the issue of sexuality is much discussed, feminist …


Our Pain, Bentina Chisolm Jan 1994

Our Pain, Bentina Chisolm

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

A poem.


Slavery Rhetoric And The Abortion Debate, Debora Threedy Jan 1994

Slavery Rhetoric And The Abortion Debate, Debora Threedy

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

There are many things that could be, and have been, said about the question of abortion. This article focuses on the rhetoric of the abortion debate. Specifically, I discuss how both sides of the abortion debate have appropriated the image of the slave and used that image as a rhetorical tool, a metaphor, in making legal arguments. Further, I examine the effectiveness of this metaphor as a rhetorical tool. Finally, I question the purposes behind this appropriation, and whether it reflects a lack of sensitivity to the racial content of the appropriated image.