RT Article
T1 Sex and the Statehouse: The Law and the American Same-Sex Marriage Debate
JF Dialog
VO 48
IS 1
SP 19
OP 29
A1 Failinger, Marie A.
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1936652749
AB Same-sex marriage remains a point of contention in American politics. The recent history of this conflict suggests that the Court's attempt to frame issues of sexual politics through paradigms of the right to choose and the tolerance principle, and constitutional ‘liberty’ and ‘equality’ cases raises difficult questions of justice. This article proposes that a Lutheran response, grounded in an understanding of the orders of creation, might interrogate these assumptions, particularly about the appropriate reach of government in sexual and family matters.
K1 Lutheran Theology
K1 Supreme Court
K1 Constitution
K1 Same-sex marriage
DO 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2009.00427.x