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Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Vintage; Rev Upd (May 11 2004) Costumer Rating:  Read an Excerpt Chapter 1: Same-Sex Marriage in History Book Description 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 skepticism Representing 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. About the Author
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