• Complain

Emily R. Gill - An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality

Here you can read online Emily R. Gill - An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2012, publisher: Georgetown University Press, genre: Politics. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:

Romance novel Science fiction Adventure Detective Science History Home and family Prose Art Politics Computer Non-fiction Religion Business Children Humor

Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.

No cover
  • Book:
    An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
    Georgetown University Press
  • Genre:
  • Year:
    2012
  • Rating:
    4 / 5
  • Favourites:
    Add to favourites
  • Your mark:
    • 80
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality: summary, description and annotation

We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.

The relationship between religious belief and sexuality as personal attributes exhibits some provocative comparisons. Despite the nonestablishment of religion in the United States and the constitutional guarantee of free exercise, Christianity functions as the religious and moral standard in America. Ethical views that do not fit within this consensus often go unrecognized as moral values. Similarly, in the realm of sexual orientation, heterosexuality is seen as the yardstick by which sexual practices are measured. The notion that alternative sexual practices like homosexuality could possess ethical significance is often overlooked or ignored.

In her new book, An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage, political scientist Emily Gill draws an extended comparison between religious belief and sexuality, both central components of ones personal identity. Using the religion clause of the First Amendment as a foundation, Gill contends that, just as US law and policy ensure that citizens may express religious beliefs as they see fit, it should also ensure that citizens may marry as they see fit. Civil marriage, according to Gill, is a public institution, and the exclusion of some couples from a state institution is a public expression of civic inequality.

An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage is a passionate and timely treatment of the various arguments for and against same-sex marriage and how those arguments reflect our collective sense of morality and civic equality. It will appeal to readers who have an interest in gay and lesbian studies, political theory, constitutional law, and the role of religion in the contemporary United States.

Emily R. Gill: author's other books


Who wrote An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.

An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make

AN ARGUMENT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Religion and Politics Series
John C. Green, Ted Jelen, Mark Rozell, series editors

Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of AmericaWinthrop, Jefferson, and
Lincoln
, Matthew S. Holland, Editor

Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension Between Faith and Power,
Kristen E. Heyer, Mark J. Rozell, and Michael A. Genovese, Editors

The Catholic Church and the Nation-State: Comparative Perspectives,
Paul Christopher Manuel, Lawrence C. Reardon, and Clyde Wilcox, Editors

The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millennium,
John C. Green, Mark J. Rozell, and W. Clyde Wilcox, Editors

Faith, Hope, and Jobs: Welfare-to-Work in Los Angeles,
Steven V. Monsma and J. Christopher Soper

From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic,
J. Matthew Wilson, Editor

Of Little Faith: The Politics of George W. Bushs Faith-Based Initiatives,
Amy E. Black, Douglas L. Koopman, and David K. Ryden

The Origins of Christian Anti-Internationalism: Conservative
Evangelicals and the League of Nations, Markku Ruotsila

Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America, Corwin E.
Smidt, Kevin R. den Dulk, James M. Penning,
Stephen V. Monsma, and Douglas L. Koopman

Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests,
Gregory Allen Smith

Reaping the Whirlwind: Liberal Democracy and the Religion Axis,
John R. Pottenger

Reverse Mission: Transnational Religious Communities and the Making of US Foreign Policy,
Timothy A. Byrnes

School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics,
Melissa Deckmen

To Serve God and Mammon: Church-State Relations in American Politics,
Ted G. Jelen

Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives,
Elizabeth Ann Oldmixon

The Values Campaign? The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections,
John C., Green, Mark J. Rozell, and W. Clyde Wilcox, Editors

AN ARGUMENT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality

EMILY R. GILL

2012 Georgetown University Press All rights reserved No part of this book may - photo 1

2012 Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of
this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any
information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing
from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gill, Emily R., 1944
An argument for same-sex marriage : religious freedom, sexual freedom,
and public expressions of civic equality / Emily R. Gill.
pages cm (Religion and politics series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-58901-920-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Same-sex marriageUnited StatesReligious aspects. 2. Same-sex
marriageLaw and legislationUnited States. 3. Religion and politics
United States. 4. Religion and stateUnited States. I. Title.
HQ1034.U5G55 2012
306.848dc23

2011052058

Picture 2 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the
requirements of the American National Standard for
Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.

15 14 13 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First printing

To my family, with the hope that its younger members will see
equal value accorded to all families

James Rountree Temples
Robert Oliver Temples and Carrie Elizabeth Temples
Emily Hannah Temples

CONTENTS
PREFACE

This book germinated in my thinking about United States Supreme Court decisions centering on Justice Sandra Day OConnors endorsement test, proposed in Lynch v. Donnelly (465 U.S. 668 [1984]). OConnors endorsement test says that when the government makes or allows policies that seemingly endorse some religious beliefs over others, it effectively classifies some citizens as insiders in the political community and marks others as outsiders. Public policies that include this kind of classification are public expressions of civic inequality. Such expressions have no place in a polity that should stand in the same relationship to all of its citizens.

The institution of civil marriage comprises public policies about who may marry and under what circumstances they may do so. Although the government does not need to allow religious or sexual practices deemed harmful to others, I believe it should not endorse the relationships of straight couples over same-sex couples. Both straight couples and same-sex couples who wish to marry desire to commit publicly to the same type of long-term relationship that civil marriage has upheld as a foundation of society. When the government recognizes the commitments of opposite-sex couples but ignores those of same-sex couples, it classifies same-sex couples as outsiders and regards their relationships as less valuable than those of traditional couples. This book is not a constitutional exegesis, because religion and sexuality cannot be treated in entirely parallel fashion; but I do argue from a jurisprudential viewpoint that the comparison induces us to think in new ways and is therefore instructive.

The government should attempt to be neutral among religions as well as between those who are religious and those who are not. Likewise, some have argued that the government should take a neutral stance between those who defend and those who condemn same-sex relationships. One theme throughout this book is that neutrality is a complex concept and that achieving neutrality is more difficult than it may first appear, in the realms of both religion and sexuality. In the first two chapters I make comparisons between religious belief and sexuality and then address the impossibility of achieving policies that are neutral on all levels. I suggest that both religion and sexuality are goods that may be part of a full human life. The state should provide a framework for exercising these capabilities, one that sometimes requires noninterference but at other times requires positive, empowering action.

I have looked forward to writing this preface to thank many people whose input made this book possible. While developing my arguments, I have written several convention papers, articles, and book chapters on which fellow panelists, reviewers, and editors have made constructive comments. Several of my undergraduate students have collaborated on the research. I thank Dan Hatley, Andromeda McGregor, and Julie Mierzwa for stimulating conversations and intellectual interchange. Andromeda and Julie each copresented a paper with me at different meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association. I most want to thank Gordon Babst. We have served together on several convention panels over the past decade, and at his invitation I served in two capacities on the program of the 2006 Western Political Science Association meeting. Around this time I realized I had enough content to write a book on this topic. Ever since he liked my initial book proposal in 2007, Gordon has been my cheerleader-in-chief, commenting extensively after I wrote each chapter. After finishing the first draft, I revised both to shorten it and also to reflect his suggestions wherever my thinking was muddled or my expression unclear. Gordon then reread the entire manuscript, making a few more suggestions along the way. This project is a better book because of Gordons willingness to participate in its improvement.

Next page
Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality»

Look at similar books to An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.


Reviews about «An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality»

Discussion, reviews of the book An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equality and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.