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Against Marriage Equality, June R. Carbone, Naomi Cahn
Against Marriage Equality, June R. Carbone, Naomi Cahn
June R Carbone
Marriage once rested on three overlapping systems of legal inequality. The first elevated men over women as heads of households, entrusting them with decision-making authority and duties of support. The second restricted access to marriage on the basis of race and sexual orientation. The third privileged marital intimate unions over nonmarital ones, reserving societal support for the former while stigmatizing and criminalizing the latter. Marriage law has now changed to recognize the equal status of men and women in managing family finances and assuming responsibility for children. With the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell, same-sex couples, like interracial couples …
The Issue Is Being Intersex: The Current Standard Of Care Is A Result Of Ignorance, And It Is Amazing What A Little Analysis Can Conclude., Marla J. Ferguson
The Issue Is Being Intersex: The Current Standard Of Care Is A Result Of Ignorance, And It Is Amazing What A Little Analysis Can Conclude., Marla J. Ferguson
marla j ferguson
The Constitution was written to protect and empower all citizens of the United States, including those who are born with Disorders of Sex Development. The medical community, as a whole, is not equipped with the knowledge required to adequately diagnose or treat intersex babies. Intersex simply means that the baby is born with both male and female genitalia. The current method that doctors follow is to choose a sex to assign the baby, and preform irreversible surgery on them without informed consent. Ultimately the intersex babies are mutilated and robbed of many of their fundamental rights; most notably, the right …