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The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History
Carlos A. Ball
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Description for The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History
Hardback. Carlos A. Ball argues that as progressives fight the First Amendment claims of religious conservatives and other LGBT opponents, they should take care not to forget the crucial role the First Amendment played in the early decades of the movement, and not to erode the safeguards of liberty that allowed LGBT rights to exist in the first place. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Conservative opponents of LGBT equality in the United States often couch their opposition in claims of free speech, free association, and religious liberty. It is no surprise, then, that many LGBT supporters equate First Amendment arguments with resistance to their cause. The First Amendment and LGBT Equality tells another story, about the First Amendment's crucial yet largely forgotten role in the first few decades of the gay rights movement. Between the 1950s and 1980s, when many courts were still openly hostile to sexual minorities, they nonetheless recognized the freedom of gay and lesbian people to express themselves ... Read more
Conservative opponents of LGBT equality in the United States often couch their opposition in claims of free speech, free association, and religious liberty. It is no surprise, then, that many LGBT supporters equate First Amendment arguments with resistance to their cause. The First Amendment and LGBT Equality tells another story, about the First Amendment's crucial yet largely forgotten role in the first few decades of the gay rights movement. Between the 1950s and 1980s, when many courts were still openly hostile to sexual minorities, they nonetheless recognized the freedom of gay and lesbian people to express themselves ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674972193
SKU
V9780674972193
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About Carlos A. Ball
Carlos A. Ball is Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Frederick Lacey Scholar at Rutgers Law School.
Reviews for The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History
Using lucid prose and a keen perception of historical trends, Carlos Ball contends that First Amendment law, which once worked to protect LGBT citizens, now mainly shields dissenting religious traditionalists. Ball also argues powerfully that settlements struck in previous eras of conflict between equality law and religious freedom should guide constitutional actors in our own time.
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