Same-Sex Matters : The Challenge of Homosexuality

by Wolfe, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781890626303
• ISBN10: 1890626309
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Spence Pub

Summary

Homosexual activists owe much of their success to opponents who unwittingly participate in the disordered sexuality that propels the gay agenda. These essays address the cultural and political principles at stake, as well as the possibility of overcoming homosexuality.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Challenge of Homosexuality	x
Christopher Wolfe
Contributors	xvii
I Making the Case
Homosexuality in American Public Life	3	(23)
Christopher Wolfe
The Inversion of Heterosexual Sex	26	(20)
Patrick Fagan
A Rhetoric of Hope	46	(21)
Lawrence Burtoft
II Public Policy
Homosexuality and the Principle of Nondiscrimination	67	(19)
Michael Pakaluk
Romer, DOMA, and ENDA: Judicial and Legislative Episodes in the Culture War	86	(12)
Joseph Broadus
Homosexuality and the Military	98	(9)
Melissa Wells-Petry
Homosexuality and Adoption	107	(21)
Mary Beth Style
Translating Science into Policy: A Sound Approach to AIDS and HIV	128	(25)
Shepherd Smith
III The Culture War
Homosexuality and the Entertainment Media	153	(16)
Michael Medved
Opposing Homosexual Advocacy	169	(11)
Robert H. Knight
The Homosexual Movement in Churches, Schools, and Libraries	180	(17)
David M. Wagner
IV Religion
John Boswell and Historical Scholarship on Homosexuality	197	(9)
Robert Louis Wilken
Homosexuality and Judaism	206	(13)
Rabbi Barry Freundel
Homosexuality and Catholic Doctrine	219	(12)
Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz
V The Homosexual Experience
Courage	231	(7)
Father John Harvey
Freed from Lesbianism	238	(8)
Jane Boyer
Afterword: Hatred, Bigotry, and Intolerance	246	(11)
Christopher Wolfe
Notes	257	(18)
Index	275