{"product_id":"same-sex-marriage-pro-and-con-a-reader-isbn-9781400078660","title":"Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con: A Reader","description":"With same-sex marriage igniting a firestorm of controversy in the press and in the courts, in legislative chambers and in living rooms, Andrew Sullivan, a pioneering voice in the debate, has brought together two thousand years of argument in an anthology of historic inclusiveness and evenhandedness. Among the selections included here:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- The 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in support of same-sex marriage\u003cbr\u003e- Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion and Justice Scalia’s dissent in the 2003 landmark Supreme Court decision striking down anti-sodomy laws\u003cbr\u003e- President George W. Bush’s call for a Federal Marriage Amendment\u003cbr\u003e- John Kerry’s Senate speech urging defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act\u003cbr\u003e- Harvard historian Nancy F. Cott's testimony before the Vermont House Judiciary Committee\u003cbr\u003e- Reverend Peter J. Gomes on the distinction between civil and religious marriage\u003cbr\u003e- Stanley Kurtz on the politics of gay marriage\u003cbr\u003e- Evan Wolfson on the popularity of the right to marry among lesbians and gay men\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eop-ed columnist\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Brooks’ conservative case for same-sex marriage\u003cbr\u003e- Excerpts from Genesis, Leviticus, and other essential biblical texts\u003cbr\u003e- Aristophanes’s classic theory of same-sex love, from Plato’s \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- Hannah Arendt on marriage as a fundamental right\u003cbr\u003e- Camille Paglia’s skepticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepresenting the full range of perspectives and the most cogent and arresting arguments, \u003cb\u003eSame-Sex Marriage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis essential to a balanced understanding of the most pressing cultural question we face today.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304446218469,"sku":"NP9781400078660","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781400078660.jpg?v=1767736080","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/same-sex-marriage-pro-and-con-a-reader-isbn-9781400078660","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}