Gay Marriage and Democracy

Equality for All

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Av Claire R. Snyder

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In this provocative new work, R. Claire Snyder argues that the fundamental principles of American democracy not only allow but require the legalization of same-sex marriage. In addition to explaining the theoretical issues at stake, the book provides a short history of marriage, disentangling its interpersonal, communal, religious and civil components. In clear and concise language, Snyder examines and systematically addresses numerous critiques of same-sex marriage, including religious conservatism, traditionalism, the organized movement of the Christian Right, communitarianism, and academic "queer theory." By exploring the arguments swirling around this controversial topic from the perspective of democratic theory, Gay Marriage and Democracy shows that all citizens must be treated equally for democracy to truly succeed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-02-02
Mått155 x 233 x 11 mm
Vikt297 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePolemics
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742527874

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Chapter 1 What Does Same-Sex Marriage Have To Do With Democracy?Chapter 2 What Is Marriage?Chapter 3 The Logic of Liberalism: American Political Theory and the Case for Gay MarriageChapter 4 A False Consensus: Christian Right Politics and the Attack on Same-Sex MarriageChapter 5 Neo-Patriarchy and the Agenda of the Anti-Gay RightPart 6 Are Lesbian and Gay Americans Actually Citizens? The Homophobic Myopia of CommunitarianismPart 7 Marriage, Equality, and Sexual FreedomPart 8 Index

Gay Marriage and Democracy combines serious scholarship with lively polemic. Claire Snyder dissects the contentious debate over gay marriage, revealing faulty logic, flawed legal arguments, failures to live up to the promises of equality enshrined in our country's founding documents, and feverish attempts to breech the wall separating church from state. She demostrates that anxiety over sexuality still generates bad public policy proposals in the United States, even if gay marriage is currently not banned in Boston.