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Pro And Con
Vintage
May 2004
On Sale: May 11, 2004
416 pages ISBN: 1400078660 EAN: 9781400078660 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
With same-sex marriage igniting a firestorm of controversy
in the press and in the courts, in legislative chambers and
in living rooms, Andrew Sullivan, a pioneering voice in the
debate, has brought together two thousand years of argument
in an anthology of historic inclusiveness and
evenhandedness. Among the selections included here:- The
2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in support
of same-sex marriage- Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion and
Justice Scalia’s dissent in the 2003 landmark Supreme Court
decision striking down anti-sodomy laws- President George W.
Bush’s call for a Federal Marriage Amendment- John Kerry’s
Senate speech urging defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act-
Harvard historian Nancy F. Cott's testimony before the
Vermont House Judiciary Committee- Reverend Peter J. Gomes
on the distinction between civil and religious marriage-
Stanley Kurtz on the politics of gay marriage- Evan Wolfson
on the popularity of the right to marry among lesbians and
gay men- New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks’
conservative case for same-sex marriage- Excerpts from
Genesis, Leviticus, and other essential biblical texts-
Aristophanes’s classic theory of same-sex love, from Plato’s
Symposium- Hannah Arendt on marriage as a fundamental right-
Camille Paglia’s skepticismRepresenting the full range of
perspectives and the most cogent and arresting arguments,
Same-Sex Marriage is essential to a balanced understanding
of the most pressing cultural question we face today.
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