Marriage
Contentious issues such as the death penalty, civil liberties, and reproductive rights touch on people's deeply held beliefs. Greenhaven Press's Issues on Trial series captures the passion and depth of those debates, examining how the courts have helped to shape each issue through their rulings. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and includes primary sources like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as secondary sources such as analyses and views of the rulings....
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Contentious issues such as the death penalty, civil liberties, and reproductive rights touch on people's deeply held beliefs. Greenhaven Press's Issues on Trial series captures the passion and depth of those debates, examining how the courts have helped to shape each issue through their rulings. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and includes primary sources like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as secondary sources such as analyses and views of the rulings. Offering both historical and contemporary material, each Issues on Trial volume offers a wealth of information on issues currently confronting society.
Foreword 11Introduction 14Chapter 1 Finding Laws Against Polygamy Constitutional: Case Overview: Reynolds v. United States (1878) 191 The Court's Decision: Laws That Criminalize Polygamy Do Not Violate the Right to Religious Freedom Morrison Waite 212 The Reynolds Case Was Wrongly Decided Jeremy M. Miller 303 The Reynolds Court Was Correct to Support Monogamy as a Social Good Stanley Kurtz 404 Prosecution of Polygamy Raises Questions About Religious Liberty Henry Mark Holzer 525 The Reynolds Decision Is in Danger of Being Overturned Matthew D. Staver 56Chapter 2 Determining That the Right to Privacy Protects Certain Marital Decisions: Case Overview: Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) 631 The Court's Decision: The Right to Privacy Protects Marital Use of Contraceptives William O. Douglas 652 Dissenting Opinion: There Is No Right to Privacy in the U.S. Constitution Hugo Black 713 The Griswold Decision Was a Victory for Women Shira Saperstein 784 The Broad Right to Privacy Found in Griswold Was a Mistake Robert P. George David L. Tubbs 825 The Right to Privacy Identified in Griswold Led to Abortion Rights Stuart Taylor 89Chapter 3 Striking Down as Unconstitutional Laws Prohibiting Interracial Marriage: Case Overview: Loving v. Virginia (1967) 961 The Court's Decision: Laws Forbidding Interracial Marriage Violate the Fourteenth Amendment Earl Warren 982 Laws Against Interracial Marriage Are Compatible with the U.S. Constitution Robert Y. Button Kenneth C. Patty R.D. McIlwaine 1073 The Right to Marry Found in Loving Applies to Everyone Jon W. Davidson 1134 The Right to Marry Found in Loving Does NotExtend to Same-Sex Couples Jan LaRue 1175 Interracial Marriage Has Increased and Gained Greater Acceptance Since Loving Michael J. Rosenfeld 124Chapter 4 Finding Massachusetts's Laws Banning Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional: Case Overview: Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003) 1291 The State Court's Decision: Massachusetts Cannot Limit Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Margaret H. Marshall 1312 Dissenting Opinion: Changing Marriage Should Be Done by the Legislature, Not the Court Robert J. Cordy 1423 The U.S. Supreme Court Should Rule as the Goodridge Court Did Brenda Feigen 1524 The Reasoning in Goodridge Destroys the Meaning of Marriage Stephen J. Heaney 1625 Goodridge Has Created Conflict with Other Laws Tony Wright 172Organizations to Contact 180For Further Research 184Index 189
