Courts Liberalism And Rights: Gay Law And Politics In The United States and Canada

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Courts, Liberalism, and Rights In the series Queer Politics, Queer Theories edited by Craig A. Rimmerman Gary L. Lehring, Officially Gay: The Political Construction of Sexuality by the U.S. Military Craig A. Rimmerman, From Identity to Politics: The Lesbian and Gay Movements in the United States Shane Phelan, Sexual Strangers: Gays, Lesbians, and Dilemmas of Citizenship Gerald Hunt, ed., Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations Valerie Lehr, Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family Carl F. Stychin, A Nation by Rights: National Cultures, Sexual Identity Politics, and the Discourse of Rights Courts, Liberalism, and Rights Gay Law and Politics in the United States and Canada JASON PIERCESON TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS Philadelphia To my mother, Sandy Temple University Press 1601 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright C  2005 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2005 Printed in the United States of America ∞  The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pierceson, Jason, 1972– Courts, liberalism, and rights : gay law and politics in the United States and Canada / Jason Pierceson. p. cm. — (Queer politics, queer theories) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59213-400-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-59213-401-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Homosexuality—Law and legislation—United States. 2. Gay rights—United States. 3. Homosexuality—Law and legislation— Canada. 4. Gay rights—Canada. 5. Courts. 6. Liberalism. I. Title. II. Series. KF4754.5.P54 2005 342.71087—dc22 2005040046 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ...