Week 3 | Issue 2: Same-Sex Relationships - Contemporary Moral Problems (Course Guide)

Same-Sex Relationships

Same-Sex Marriage (Course Document)

Same-Sex Relationships

Key Questions

Does everyone have the right to marry any person they want?
Is homosexuality wrong?

Key Terms

Affrerement (brotherment)
Obergefell, et al v. Hodges (2015)
The Respect for Marriage Act (2022)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Miscegenation

Key Philosophers

Jeff Jordan
David Boonin
Jonathan Rauch
Maggie Gallagher
- For information on their views search for "Philosopher Name" and "Same-Sex Marriage"

Additional Course Documents

Same-Sex Marriage (David Boonin)
Citation: Boonin, David. “Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement.” Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer 1999, pp. 251–59. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1111/0047-2786.00016.
Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting, and America's Children (Meezan and Rauch)
Citation: Meezan, William, and Jonathan Rauch. “Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting, and America’s Children.” Future of Children, vol. 15, no. 2, Jan. 2005, pp. 97–115. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ795853&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Obergerfell v. Hodges (Supreme Court Ruling)
Held: The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State. | Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School | Website
Highlights From the Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage. | NewYork Times | Website
Supreme Court Decision: Obergefell v. Hodges (June 26, 2015)
In Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), this Court, by a five-to-four vote, ruled that states may not “bar same-sex couples from marriage on the same terms as accorded to couples of the opposite sex.” | Justia | Website
Obergefell v. Hodges (SCOTUSblog)
SCOTUSblog is devoted to covering the U.S. Supreme Court comprehensively, without bias and according to the highest journalistic and legal ethical standards. The blog is provided as a public service to inform the public about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). | SCOTUSblog | Website
H.R.8404 - Respect for Marriage Act (117th Congress (2021-2022))
"Diverse beliefs about the role of gender in marriage are held by reasonable and sincere people based on decent and honorable religious or philosophical premises. Therefore, Congress affirms that such people and their diverse beliefs are due proper respect." Public Law No. 117-228 (12/13/2022). | Congress.gov | Website

Contemporary Moral Problems (Course Guide)

Same-Sex Relationships

Same-Sex Relationships

Key Questions

Key Terms

Key Philosophers

Additional Course Documents

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