The First Amendment and LGBT equality : a contentious history
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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349 pages ; 25 cm
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Community College of Aurora - CentreTech - BOOKS
KF 4754.5 .B35 2017
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KF 4754.5 .B35 2017
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Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Freedom of expression -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Gay rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sexual minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Constitution. -- 1st Amendment.
Freedom of expression -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Gay rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sexual minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Constitution. -- 1st Amendment.
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"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 and associate with one another. Successful First Amendment cases protected LGBT publications and organizations, protests and parades, and individuals' right to come out. The amendment was wielded by the other side only after it had laid the groundwork for major LGBT equality victories. Carlos A. Ball illuminates the full trajectory of this legal and cultural history. He argues that, in accommodating those who dissent from LGBT equality on grounds of conscience, it is neither necessary nor appropriate to depart from the established ways in which American antidiscrimination law has, for decades, accommodated equality dissenters. But he also argues that as progressives fight the First Amendment claims of religious conservatives and other LGBT opponents today, they should take care not to erode the very safeguards of liberty that allowed LGBT rights to exist in the first place"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ball, C. A. (2017). The First Amendment and LGBT equality: a contentious history . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ball, Carlos A.. 2017. The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History. Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ball, Carlos A.. The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History Harvard University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ball, Carlos A.. The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History Harvard University Press, 2017.
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