03719pam 22005534a 450 991034513420332120240307182411.0(CKB)1000000000772690(MH)009060635-3(SSID)ssj0000448270(PQKBManifestationID)12229781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000448270(PQKBWorkID)10384392(PQKB)10294025(EXLCZ)99100000000077269020020423d2002 uy 0engtxtccrLiberal constitutionalism, marriage, and sexual orientation a contemporary case for dis-establishment /Gordon Albert Babst[electronic resource]New York P. Langc20021 online resource (x, 155 p. )Teaching texts in law and politics ;v. 15Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8204-5533-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and index.Six Features of Contemporary Public Law6 --Part IMarriage in the Law11 --Chapter 1.Marriage as Contract and Status15 --Chapter 2.The Defense of Marriage Act and Recent Events in State Law22 --Part IIThe Law and Morality Distinction, Violated35 --Chapter 3.Morals Discourse and Law41 --Chapter 4.Professor Richards Finds a Violation51 --Part IIIHow to Identify Sub Rosa Establishment and the Argument by Definition61 --Chapter 5.The Shadow Establishment Has Its Day in Court67 --Chapter 6.A Note Regarding the Appeal to the Dictionary80 --Part IVThe Shadow Establishment, "Gay Marriage" in the Courts, and the Analogies to Race and Polygamy85 --Chapter 7.Interracial and Plural Marriage Analogies and Cases91 --The Miscegenation Analogy91 --The Polygamy Analogy95 --Chapter 8."Gay Marriage" in the Courts100."Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation: A Contemporary Case for Dis-Establishment uses constitutional theory and political philosophy to shed light on an elusive feature of American jurisprudence: the establishment of a sectarian preference in the law to the detriment of American citizens who happen to be gay or lesbian and who wish to exercise their fundamental right to marry. Reviewing aspects of liberal-democratic theory, marriage law, and pertinent analogies that deal with the right to marry, Gordon Albert Babst presents the notion of the "shadow establishment," which makes the best sense of a constitutional affirmation of bias against same-sex marriage and gay persons in the law."--BOOK JACKET.Same-sex marriageLaw and legislationUnited StatesGay peopleLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesMarriage lawUnited StatesReligion and lawUnited StatesConstitutional lawReligious aspectsSame-sex marriageLaw and legislationGay peopleLegal status, laws, etc.Marriage lawReligion and lawConstitutional lawReligious aspects.346.7301/6Babst Gordon Albert1961-999364DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910345134203321Liberal constitutionalism, marriage, and sexual orientation2293001UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress