<i>The Nigeria Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act</i>, 2013 and the concepts of justice, law and morality

Sex selection: morality, harm, and the law.

For centuries, couples have tried to choose the sex of their children. Italian men bit their wife’s left ears during intercourse to beget daughters; Swedish men hung their pants on the right bedpost to father boys; while German woodcutters took their axes to bed and chanted: “Ruck, ruck, roy, you shall have a boy!” or “Ruck, ruck, raid, you shall have a maid!” Sex selection is now a reality. Th...

Traditionalism, Pluralism, and Same-Sex Marriage

Creation Stories: Stanley Hauerwas, Same-sex Marriage, and Narrative in Law and Theology

When I think about— members of my own staff who are incredibly committed, in monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together. When I think about— those soldiers or airmen or marines or— sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf— and yet, feel constrained, even now that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gone, because— they’re not able to— commit themselves in a marri...

Same Sex Marriage and the Perceived Assault on Opposite Sex Marriage

BACKGROUND Marriage benefits both individuals and societies, and is a fundamental determinant of health. Until recently same sex couples have been excluded from legally recognized marriage in the United States. Recent debate around legalization of same sex marriage has highlighted for anti-same sex marriage advocates and policy makers a concern that allowing same sex couples to marry will lead ...

The Political Divide Over Same-Sex Marriage

Although support for same-sex marriage has grown dramatically over the past decade, public opinion remains markedly divided. Here, we propose that the political divide over same-sex marriage represents a deeper divide between conflicting mating strategies. Specifically, we propose that opposition to same-sex marriage can be explained in terms of (a) individual differences in short-term mating o...