Created equal : why gay rights matter to America

The Resource Created equal : why gay rights matter to America
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Created equal : why gay rights matter to America
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why gay rights matter to America
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Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff
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Language
eng
Summary
"Why should Americans who are not gay care about gay rights?" "In Created Equal, Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff argue that the movement for gay equality is central to the continuing defense of individual liberty in America. Beginning with an examination of the determined assault on gay issues by the religious right, the authors show how this sectarian movement to legislate private religious morality into law undermines the purpose of American constitutional government: the protection of the individual's right to determine how best to live his or her life." "The book starts from the premise that gay and lesbians are, first and foremost, American citizens, and then looks to what rights belong to every individual American citizen, arguing from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Addressing their argument to the great majority of their fellow Americans, Dawidoff and Nava emphasize that what is at stake is not the fate of the gay community, but the future of constitutional principle and the rights of free individuals in American society"--Jacket
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DLC
Dewey number
305.9/0664
Index
no index present
LC call number
HQ76.8.U5
LC item number
N38 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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