Preface to the 2004 Edition
Introduction
Chapter One: For the First Time Ever? Same-Sex Marriage in History
Plato, “The Speech of Aristophanes”
Brent D. Shaw, “A Groom of One’s Own?”
Ralph Hexter, “Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe: A Response”
Michel de Montaigne, “A Strange Brotherhood”
James McGough, “Deviant Marriage Patterns in Chinese Society”
Bret Hinsch, “Husbands, Boys, Servants”
The Editors at Fincher’s, “A Curious Married Couple”
Melville J. Herskovits, “A Note on ‘Woman Marriage’ in Dahomey”
Walter L. Williams, “A Normal Man”
The Editors at the Harvard Law Review, “The Precedents Abroad”
Chapter Two: In God’s Name? The Religious War Continues
The Holy Bible, The King James Version (Genesis, Leviticus, Romans, Corinthians)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops “Statement on Same-Sex Marriage”
The Editors of Commonweal, “Marriage’s True Ends”
Jean Bethke Elshtain, “Against Gay Marriage”
Dennis Prager, “Homosexuality, the Bible, and Us—A Jewish Perspective”
Bishop John Shelby Spong, “Blessing Gay and Lesbian Commitments”
Rabbi Yoel H. Kahn, “The Kedushah of Homosexual Relations”
Jeffery John, “Creation and Natural Law”
Andrew Sullivan, “What You Do”
Chapter Three: It Is So Ordered? The Path of the Courts
“Race and the Right to Marry” Loving v. Virginia
“The Definitional Argument,” Jones v. Hallahan
“No Right to Sodomy,” Bowers v. Hardwick
“Even Prisoners Can Marry,” Turner v. Safely
“The Sex Discrimination Point: Upheld,” Baehr v. Lewin
“Homosexuals and Equal Protection,” Romer v. Evans
“The Right to Sodomy Upheld,” Lawrence v. Texas
“No Second Class Citizenship,” Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
Chapter Four: Why Marry? The Debate on the Left
Paula Ettelbrick, “Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation?”
Mary C. Dunlap, “Choosing”
Frank Browning, “Why Marry?”
E. J. Graff, “Retying the Knot”
Camille Paglia, “Connubial Personae”
Evan Wolfson, “Crossing the Threshold”
Hannah Arendt, “Reflections on Little Rock”
Chapter Five: How Conservative a Project? The Debate on the Right
Andrew Sullivan, “The Conservative Case”
Hadley Arkes, “The Closet Straight”
James Q. Wilson, “Against Homosexual Marriage”
Jonathan Rauch, “For Better or Worse?”
The Editors of The Economist, “Let Them Wed”
Richard A. Posner, “Homosexuality: The Policy Questions”
William Safire, “Same-Sex Marriage Nears”
Amy E. Schwartz, “Gay Marriages and the Affirmation of an Ideal”
David Brooks, “The Power of Marriage”
Tammy Bruce, “Respecting Marriage and Equal Rights”
Chapter Six: The Defense of Marriage Act? The National Debate Begins
H.R. 3396, “To Define and Protect the Institution of Marriage”
Jay Alan Sekulow, “Defending Marriage”
Cass Sunstein, “Don’t Panic”
“The Hearings of the House Judiciary Committee on the Defense of Marriage Act,” Rep. Frank, Mr. Arkes, Rep. Hyde, Rep. Inglis, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Birch
“Transcript of the Mark-up Record of the Defense of Marriage Act,” Barney Frank and Sonny Bono
“House Debate on the Defense of Marriage Act,” Rep. John Lewis
“Senate Debate on the Defense of Marriage Act,” John Kerry Takes a Stand
Chapter Seven: Not in Front of the Children? Same-Sex Marriage and Parenthood
Charlotte Patterson, “Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents: Summary of Research Findings”
David K. Flaks et al., “Lesbians Choosing Motherhood: A Comparative Study of Lesbian and Heterosexual Parents and Their Children”
Phillip A. Belcastro et al., “A Review of Data Based Studies Addressing the Effects of Homosexual Parenting on Children’s Sexual and Social Functioning”
Antiga, “Coming Out to My Children”
Jerry J. Bigner and Frederick W. Bozett, “Parenting by Gay Fathers”
Paula Fomby, “Why I’m Glad I Grew Up in a Gay Family”
Maggie Gallagher, “What Marriage Is For”
Chapter Eight: A Slippery Slope? The Polygamy and Adultery Debate
William Bennett, “Leave Marriage Alone”
Hadley Arkes, “The Role of Nature”
Andrew Sullivan, “Three’s a Crowd”
Charles Krauthammer, “When John and Jim Say ‘I Do’ ”
Jonathan Rauch, “Marrying Somebody”
Dennis Altman, “Sexual Freedom and the End of Romance”
Chapter Nine: Whose Life Is It Anyway? The Real World of Love and Marriage
Dudley Clendinen, “Jack and Bob, Going to the Chapel”
Kathy Duggan, “I Earned This Divorce”
Ann Landers, “Ann Can’t Give Her Blessing to This Marriage”
Catherine Tuerk, “Love and Marriage”
Doug Ireland, “Remembering Hervé”
Henry Alford, “My Gay Wedding”
Joseph Landau, “Marriage as Integration”
Andrew Sullivan, “The M-Word”
Chapter Ten: A Federal Marriage Amendment? The Future of the Legal and Political Battle
Professor Larry Kramer, “How Other States Can Ignore Hawaii”
Andrew Koppelman, “The Miscegenation Precedents”
The Federal Marriage Amendment
George W. Bush, “The President Speaks”
Jacob T. Levy, “Law Breaker”
Peter J. Gomes, “A Chance and A Choice”
Stanley Kurtz, “An Election Winner”
Nancy F. Cott, “The Evolution of Marriage”
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments