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• Down at the Tavern—Debating Liberty, Equality, and Same-Sex Marriage

  Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 6:51 AM By Doug Kmiec
  
  An ingeniously arranged Federalist Society Same-Sex Debate between Dale Carpenter and Doug Kmiec becomes a robust occasion for re-examing the liberty-equality debate among Heather Gerken-Kenji Yoshino and Larry Tribe. Pull up a stool and weigh in . . . . Read More...
  Filed under: california gay marriage, Federalist Society, Laurence Tribe Heather Gerken equality liberty:douglas w.kmiec, same-sex marriage

• Rick Hills on Slippery Slopes

  Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 11:46 AM By Eric Posner
  
  Rick Hills has a series of excellent posts on slippery slopes (see here , here , and here ). He argues that slippery slope arguments should be regarded with suspicion, and he singles out the refrain from opponents of gay marriage: If you permit gay marriage, Read More...
  Filed under: same-sex marriage, slippery slopes

• Throwing Out the Baby With the Diaper: A Response to Eric Posner on the Importance of Marriage

  Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:15 AM By Doug Kmiec
  
  When the California Supreme Court included same-sex couples within the "fundamental right" of marriage, it was declaring the "social goods" of marriage to be too important to be kept from individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation. The ruling must not be interpreted as saying marriage -- and the marital family -- is unimportant. Read More...
  Filed under: california gay marriage, Douglas W. Kmiec, procreation, same-sex marriage

• Katherine Kmiec's Bright Idea—Subsidize Families With Children

  Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 10:54 AM By Doug Kmiec
  
  Now that the California Supreme Court has eliminated distinctions drawn on sexual orientation, is it time to recognize an even more important distinction between marriages -- those that devote themselves to having and raising children and those that don't? Read More...
  Filed under: california gay marriage, Douglas W. Kmiec, families, gender equity, same-sex marriage

• Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage As None of the Government's Business

  Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 1:03 PM By Doug Kmiec
  
  Contemplating abortion and same-sex marriage as beyond all governmental power to either approve or disapprove. Might government silence over topics where the culture is deeply divided be part of Senator Obama's national reconciliation effort? Read More...
  Filed under: abortion, Bill O'Reilly, california gay marriage, Douglas W. Kmiec, federalism, Megyn Kelly, Obama, same-sex marriage, states rights

• Yes, Marty ...

  Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 12:30 PM By Diane Marie Amann
  
  ... there is a Republican core to yesterday's California marriage decision . Not only were three of the four justices in the majority Republican appointees, but they were appointed by either George Deukmejian or Pete Wilson, GOP governors not known for Read More...
  Filed under: abortion, California, california gay marriage, living Constitution, privacy, Roe v. Wade, same-sex marriage

• In Re: California Marriage Cases—Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

  Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:12 PM By Doug Kmiec
  
  The California same-sex marriage decision is unquestionably a landmark. The question is: Will this extensive opinion affirming same-sex marriage be an opening to new found respect and accommodation or acrimony and division? There is much to applaud, much to study, and a great deal of reassurance still needed on both sides. Read More...
  Filed under: california gay marriage, Defense of marriage act, Douglas W. Kmiec, same-sex marriage, sexual orientation, traditional marriage

• Breaking News From California

  Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:24 PM By Dahlia Lithwick
  
  The California Supreme Court has just announced its decision in the gay-marriage cases, finding that the state marriage laws that "exclude same-sex couples from access to the designation of marriage" are unconstitutional. Opinion is here . Read More...
  Filed under: California, california gay marriage, same-sex marriage

• Anticipating Today's Same-Sex Marriage Decision in California

  Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:01 AM By Marty Lederman
  
  At 10:00 today Pacific time (that's 1:00 Eastern), the California Supreme Court will issue its long-awaited same-sex-marriage decision. (Briefs and oral argument here .) The question presented is this: Does California's statutory ban on marriage between Read More...
  Filed under: California, same-sex marriage

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