The Washington Post published an excellent article about the Boy Scouts’ decision to allow gay scouts (but not scoutmasters – yet) to openly participate in the program, less than a year after declaring that its exclusionary policy would stay in place. What’s really fascinating, though, is the extensive report on changing public attitudes that the Scouts commissioned. [...]
Following is the essay I presented at the January ACS Conference at UCLA on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the 10th anniversary of Lawrence v. Texas. The piece is now posted at UCLA Law Review Discourse, where you can also download it in pdf – We, the people, declare today that the [...]
Following is my take on the arguments filed by the defenders of DOMA and Prop 8 and their supporting amici in the cases pending before the Supreme Court. There are so many possible cultural interpretations of the debates over gay marriage that it seems pointless and premature to try to nail down what all the [...]
From a NY Times interview of Shirley MacLaine: Q. People aren’t comfortable with sexual lives that deviate from the norm. A. I don’t know what the norm is. The latest evaluations on human sexuality say that we are one-third monogamous, one-third serially monogamous and one-third polygamous. I would say there should be some kind of [...]
Sex Justice Conference 560 I have been to (far too) many conferences, but the one that wrapped up yesterday at the University of Michigan was one of the best I have ever attended. My bet is that it will mark an important new stage in advocacy on sexuality and law-related issues. The Sex and Justice [...]
OK, the gay marriage debate isn’t going away entirely. After all, there are still debates going on in this country about creationism. And I’m not just saying that polls show rapidly changing public opinion – everyone knows that. What is happening now that is new is the realignment of the politics of family issues, with [...]