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Toward Respectful Representation: Some Thoughts On Selling Same-Sex Marriage, Marc A. Fajer Jan 1997

Toward Respectful Representation: Some Thoughts On Selling Same-Sex Marriage, Marc A. Fajer

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Queer Margins, Queer Ethics: A Call To Account For Race And Ethnicity In The Law, Theory, And Politics Of "Sexual Orientation", Francisco Valdes Jan 1997

Queer Margins, Queer Ethics: A Call To Account For Race And Ethnicity In The Law, Theory, And Politics Of "Sexual Orientation", Francisco Valdes

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The Fearful Symmetry Of Gay Rights, Religious Freedom, And Racial Equality, Walter J. Walsh Jan 1997

The Fearful Symmetry Of Gay Rights, Religious Freedom, And Racial Equality, Walter J. Walsh

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A decade has now passed since Julia Cooper Mack authored her most controversial judicial opinion, Gay Rights Coalition of Georgetown University Law Center v. Georgetown University. That opinion provoked two acts of Congress aimed at its reversal, newspaper editorials from coast to coast, and over one hundred scholarly authors debating its wisdom. In this short essay, I shall suggest that this extended hermeneutic debate has yet to touch upon the deepest implications of Judge Mack's Georgetown opinion. While recent scholarship on this story praises Judge Mack's unusual ability to reconcile clashing interest groups, a more accurate account might be …