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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 …