Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century /

Stone, Geoffrey R.

Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century / Geoffrey R. Stone. - First edition. - New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017. - xxxii, 668 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ancient world : the triumph of Augustine -- The power of revealed truth -- England, the enlightenment, and "the age of eros" -- From puritanism to the pursuit of happiness -- The world of the framers : a Christian nation? -- "The fundamental maxims of free government" -- The second great awakening -- "Tending to corrupt the public morals" : the meaning of obscenity -- Contraception and abortion : from the founding to the 1950s -- "Strange freaks of nature" -- Coming out -- Obscenity and the First Amendment : "a corrupting and debasing" influence -- The end of obscenity? -- Sex and speech in the Twenty-First century -- The constitution and the contraception -- The road to Roe -- Roe and beyond -- "The gay moment" -- A right to "retain their dignity" -- Same-sex marriage and the constitution.

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Sex and law--History.--United States
Sexual rights--History.--United States
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

KF9325 / .S76 2017

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