Gay rights go to court: sodomy laws, same-sex marriage, and the future of homosexual rights.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2003-06-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Cathy Young |
THE U.S. SUPREME Court is set to rule, for the second time in less than 20 years, on the constitutionality of state laws prohibiting consensual sodomy. At the same time, the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts is weighing a lawsuit that seeks to legalize same-sex marriages, claiming that marriage to the partner of one's choice is "protected by the liberty and due process clauses of the Massachusetts Constitution. "The two cases and the political response to them illustrate both the progress our culture has made toward equality for gay men and women and the hurdles that remain....
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