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Sticky Intuitions And The Future Of Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Suzanne B. Goldberg
Sticky Intuitions And The Future Of Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Suzanne B. Goldberg
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As once-accepted empirical justifications for discriminating against lesbians and gay men have fallen away, the major stumbling block to equality lies in a set of intuitions, impulses, and so-called common sense views regarding sexual orientation and gender. This Article takes up these impulses and views, which I characterize as "sticky intuitions," to consider both their sustained influence and the prospects for their destabilization. In this effort, I first offer a framework for locating the intuitions' work within contemporary doctrine, culture, and politics. I then advance an extended typology of the intuitions themselves, drawing from case law, scholarly literature, and public …