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Eliminating The Exception? Lawrence V. Texas And The Arguments For Extending The Right To Marry To Same-Sex Couples, Tyler S. Whitty Jan 2005

Eliminating The Exception? Lawrence V. Texas And The Arguments For Extending The Right To Marry To Same-Sex Couples, Tyler S. Whitty

Kentucky Law Journal

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Proportional Equality: Readings Of Romer, Nan D. Hunter Jan 2001

Proportional Equality: Readings Of Romer, Nan D. Hunter

Kentucky Law Journal

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"Simply So Different": The Uniquely Expressive Character Of The Openly Gay Individual After Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale, Nancy J. Knauer Jan 2001

"Simply So Different": The Uniquely Expressive Character Of The Openly Gay Individual After Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale, Nancy J. Knauer

Kentucky Law Journal

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Incest Statutes And The Fundamental Right Of Marriage: Is Oedipus Free To Marry?, Carolyn S. Bratt Jan 1984

Incest Statutes And The Fundamental Right Of Marriage: Is Oedipus Free To Marry?, Carolyn S. Bratt

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The U.S. Supreme Court has found that the right to marry is a constitutionally protected right. That right is restricted, however, by state incest statutes which impede marriage between adults by making some choices of a marriage partner illegal. The constitutional validity of modern state incest statutes is difficult to analyze because of shifting definitions, reflexive fears, ambivalent attitudes, and underlying facile generalizations.

The mere word "incest" triggers strong feelings of revulsion in most people. Therefore, any a priori labeling of a marriage as incestuous tends to preclude objective thought about the permissibility of the particular form of the marriage …