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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Geoffrey R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex and law--United States--History.

Sex and law.

Sexual rights--United States--History.

Sexual rights.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sex.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 668 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]

Summary:

A constitutional scholar traces the evolution of legal and moral codes that have attempted to legislate sexual behavior from the ancient world to today, citing the agitators, moralists, lawmakers, and Supreme Court justices who have shaped some of the most divisive sexual debates.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780871404695

0871404699

OCLC:

960940558