CSP 19: Gender, Race and Gay Rights in
the Obama Era
Fall 2009
Marriage
Equality: Pro &
Con (Part 1)
Monday, November 9,
2009
|
CSP 19: Gender, Race and Gay Rights in
the Obama Era |
|
Marriage
Equality: Pro &
Con (Part 1) |
| Reading |
"Goodridge
v.Dept. of Public Health” By Eskridge & Hunter. Cox, Barbara. "'A Painful Process Of Waiting': The New York, Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland Dissenting Justices Understand That 'Same-Sex Marriage' Is Not What Same-Sex Couples Are Seeking." 45 California Western Law Law Review 139. Fall 2008. |
| Supplemental Reading |
Varnum v. Brien
(Iowa, 2009) Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health (Connecticut, 2008) In re Marriage Cases (California, 2008) Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (Massachusetts, 2004) |
| Goal |
There are a number of points we want to understand today, but the primary one is the rationale behind overturning the ban on same-sex marriage as articulated by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in Goodridge, and distinguishing it from the rationales and reasons that are then used by the three other State Supreme Courts that have come to similar conclusions: California (2008), Connecticut (2008) and Iowa (2009).
Here's a PowerPoint presentation which summaries A TimeLine of Same-Sex Marriage from 1993-2008.
