LEADER 04015nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910451631403321 005 20210603003416.0 010 $a0-231-50944-8 024 7 $a10.7312/mohr13520 035 $a(CKB)1000000000457775 035 $a(OCoLC)62186987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10183596 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194038 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12065836 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194038 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226661 035 $a(PQKB)11627773 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908504 035 $a(DE-B1597)459141 035 $a(OCoLC)979953824 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231509442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908504 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183596 035 $a(OCoLC)826476178 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000457775 100 $a20040917d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe long arc of justice$b[electronic resource] $elesbian and gay marriage, equality, and rights /$fRichard D. Mohr 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 300 $aRev. ed. of: A more perfect union. c1994. 311 0 $a0-231-13521-1 311 0 $a0-231-13520-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-142). 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction. A Taboo's End --$tChapter 1. Lesbian and Gay Basics: Some Questions, Facts, and Values --$tChapter 2. Sexual Privacy --$t3. The Case for Lesbian and Gay Marriage --$t4. Equality --$t5. Civil Rights --$t6. Understanding Lesbians and Gay Men in the Military --$tConclusion: America's Promise and the Lesbian and Gay Future --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aEngaging the whole spectrum of public-policy issues affecting gays and lesbians from a humanistic and philosophical approach, Richard Mohr uses the tools of his trade to assess the logic and ethics of gay rights. Focusing on ideas and values, Mohr's nuanced case for legal and social acceptance applies widely held ethical principles to various issues, including same-sex marriage, AIDS, and gays in the military. By drawing on cultural-, legal-, and ethical-based arguments, Mohr moves away from tired political rhetoric and reveals the important ways in which the struggle for gay rights and acceptance relates to mainstream American society, history, and political life. Mohr forcefully counters moralistic and religious arguments regularly invoked to keep gay men and women from achieving the same rights as heterosexuals. He examines the nature of prejudices and other cultural forces that work against lesbian and gay causes and considers the role that sexuality plays in the national rituals by which Americans define themselves. In his support of same-sex marriage, Mohr defines matrimony as the development and maintenance of intimacy through the means by which people meet their basic needs and carry out their everyday living. Mohr contends that this definition, in both its legal and moral sense, applies equally to homosexual and heterosexual couples. Mohr also considers gays and lesbians as community members as he explores the prospect for greater legal and social inclusion. He concludes by suggesting that recent progress in addressing civil rights for gays and lesbians and the nation's symbolic use of gay issues on both sides of the political spectrum calls for a culturally focused gay politics. 606 $aGays$zUnited States 606 $aGay rights$zUnited States 606 $aSame-sex marriage$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGays 615 0$aGay rights 615 0$aSame-sex marriage 676 $a323.3/264/0973 700 $aMohr$b Richard D$0151958 701 $aMohr$b Richard D$0151958 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451631403321 996 $aThe long arc of justice$92487505 997 $aUNINA