Homosexuality |
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| Editor:
| Winters, Robert |
| Series title: | Issues on Trial Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7377-2793-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Publisher: | Greenhaven Publishing LLC
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| Imprint: | Greenhaven Publishing |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $33.72USD $45.95 |
Book Description:
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Contentious issues such as civil liberties, abortion, and homosexuality touch on people's deeply held beliefs. This book captures the passion and depth of debates relating to homosexuality, examining how the courts have helped to shape each issue through their rulings. Four important court cases are examined, presenting primary source materials like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as analysis and opinion on the rulings. Chapter one covers sodomy. Chapter two...
More DescriptionContentious issues such as civil liberties, abortion, and homosexuality touch on people's deeply held beliefs. This book captures the passion and depth of debates relating to homosexuality, examining how the courts have helped to shape each issue through their rulings. Four important court cases are examined, presenting primary source materials like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as analysis and opinion on the rulings. Chapter one covers sodomy. Chapter two discusses gay people being singled out for discrimination. Chapter three covers sodomy laws and constitutionality, and chapter four covers same-sex marriage.