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Spiritual Custody: Relational Rights And Constitutional Commitments, Jeffrey Shulman
Spiritual Custody: Relational Rights And Constitutional Commitments, Jeffrey Shulman
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Patricia and David Zummo were married on December 17, 1978. When they divorced ten years later, the Zummos were unable to come to agreement about the religious upbringing of their three children. Prior to their marriage, Patricia and David had agreed that they would raise their children in the Jewish faith, and while they were married, "the Zummo family participated fully in the life of the Jewish faith and community." But after the divorce David wanted to take the children to Roman Catholic services as he saw fit, and he refused to arrange for the children's attendance at Hebrew School …
Law's Nobility, Robin West
Law's Nobility, Robin West
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This article first aims to set out the feminist theory of Catharine MacKinnon as explicitly as possible and in a way that accounts for its incredible power. To strengthen MacKinnon's theoretical project, the article proposes some modifications to the original that are drawn from, in part, the critiques of queer theorists. The crucial departure proposed here concerns MacKinnon's "critique of desire," which in my view is deeply mistaken. Rather than distrusting the sexual desires of women as hopelessly polluted by subordination, we should be neutral -- neither critical nor confident -- regarding the degree to which our desires, if fulfilled, …
Gay Is Good: The Moral Case For Marriage Equality And More, Chai R. Feldblum
Gay Is Good: The Moral Case For Marriage Equality And More, Chai R. Feldblum
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The struggle for marriage equality in this country is ripe for an intervention. If the effort continues along in the manner in which it has been headed, gay couples may or may not succeed in gaining access to civil marriage. But even if gay couples succeed in "getting marriage," the gay rights movement may have missed a critical opportunity-a chance to make a positive moral case for gay sex and gay couples. In other words, it will have missed the opportunity to argue that "gay is good."
Moreover, to the extent that the struggle for marriage equality focuses solely on …
Love, Change, Mari J. Matsuda
Love, Change, Mari J. Matsuda
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This is morality: to include all as human and entitled to the deepest love and care. This is the distillation of everything the author fights for as a feminist, a critical race theorist, and a peace activist. Since we are at war, having sent to date 1,500 U.S. soldiers off to die, speaking against war and for peace is a current imperative. Then comes this invitation to speak as a critical race theorist on the subject of same-sex marriage.
Without marriage you can do everything that counts in marriage except that which requires the imprint of the state. What you …