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Constitutional Law: Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale: The Scout Oath And Law Survive Government Intrusion, J. Craig Buchan Jan 2002

Constitutional Law: Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale: The Scout Oath And Law Survive Government Intrusion, J. Craig Buchan

Oklahoma Law Review

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September 11 Attacks And Surviving Same-Sex Partners: Defining Family Through Tragedy, Nancy J. Knauer Dec 2001

September 11 Attacks And Surviving Same-Sex Partners: Defining Family Through Tragedy, Nancy J. Knauer

Nancy J. Knauer

The September 11 relief efforts present a unique prism through which to view the status of same-sex relationships and to consider which families count when the United States is supposedly at its most generous, most united, and most injured. On a basic human level, would the nation grieve for Peggy Neff, who lost her partner of 18 years when Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, as it had for the widow of a fire fighter? Would Neff be eligible to file a claim with the multi-billion dollar federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, which Congress established to compensate victims and …