Same-sex Marriage : The Moral And Legal Debate

Introduction 9(12) PART ONE. THE MASSACHUSETTS DECISION AND REACTIONS 1. Goodridge v. Massachusetts Department of Public Health Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 21(32) 2. Toward a More Perfect Union David J. Garrow 53(10) 3. A Call for a Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage President George W. Bush 63(2) 4. Bush's Case for Same-Sex Marriage Jonathan Rauch 65(4) 5. How Good Is Goodridge? An Analysis of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health Glenn T Stanton 69(12) 6. The Road to Gay Marriage New York Times Editorial 81(4) 7. Time for a New Boston Tea Party Pat Buchanan 85(2) 8. The Power of Marriage David Brooks 87(2) 9. Why the "M" Word Matters to Me Andrew Sullivan 89(2) 10. Marriage: Mix and Match Nicholas Kristof 91(2) 11. The Bells Are Ringing...Marriage, Marriage, Everywhere John O'Sullivan 93(4) 12. "Sanctity" and Sanctimony Jennifer Black 97(2) 13. No Court Ruling Can Change the Fact That Marriage Is about One Man and One Woman Ron Crews 99(2) 14. Weddings Once Forbidden: Obstacles to Gay Marriage Evoke Mixed-Marriage Bans Derrick Z. Jackson 101(2) 15. The Abolition of Sex Don't Worry-Only in the Law. Only! John Derbyshire 103(6) PART TWO. THE EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE DEBATE 16. Gay Marriage Takes Heart: One Couple's Story Chivas Sandage 109(2) 17. A (Personal) Essay on Same-Sex Marriage Barbara J. Cox 111(4) 18. Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Henry Jeffrey Hart 115(2) 19. A Lesbian Family Lindsy Van Gelder 117(6) 20. I Left My Husband for the Woman I Love Jane Doe 123(6) 21. Counseling Same-Sex Couples Douglas Carl 129(12) 22. I Have Anguished Ed Fallon 141(6) PART THREE. THE PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS 23. The Morality of Homosexual Marriage Daniel Maguire 147(16) 24. Contra Same-Sex Marriage Jeff Jordan 163(18) 25. Homosexuality and Marriage John B. Cobb Jr. 181(8) 26. The Marriage Amendment The Editors, First Things 189(6) 27. Same-Sex Marriage: The Theologies Can Vary Dudley Rose 195(4) 28. A More Perfect Union: Reservations about Gay Marriage Dennis O'Brien 199(6) 29. Virtually Normal Andrew Sullivan 205(6) 30. The Marrying Kind Elizabeth Kristol 211(6) 31. Embodiment, Care Ethics, and the Same-Sex Marriage Controversy Maurice Hamington 217(12) 32. Gay Marriage-and Marriage Sam Schuhnan 229(10) 33. Bless the Tie That Binds: A Puritan-Covenant Case for Same-Sex Marriage Dwight J. Penas 239(18) 34. Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation? Paula L. Ettelbrick 257(6) 35. The Libertarian Question: Incest, Homosexuality, and Adultery Stanley Kurtz 263(6) 36. Making the Family Functional: The Case for Same-Sex Marriage Larry A. Hickman 269(12) 37. The Christian Case for Gay Marriage Jack McKinney 281 APPENDIXES Appendix 1. The Text of the Defense of Marriage Act 289(2) Appendix 2. Gay Marriages in San Francisco: Mayor Gavin Newsom's Letter to the County Clerk 291(2) Appendix 3. Baehr v. Lewin: An Edited Version of the 1993 Hawaii Supreme Court Decision and Report of the Hawaii Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law 293(22) List of Contributors 315