Codified Discrimination: Inequality For Gays In America
Codified Discrimination: Inequality for Gays and Lesbians in America The United States of America was founded on a belief that “all men are created equal.” It goes to the very core of our identity as a nation, and influenced the shape of our society and culture. However, our country’s history has shown that we have not always lived up to that ideal. Time and time again, we have gone to the point of enacting laws that segregate and privilege one group of Americans over another. It took the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s for us to grow and strike down the laws that denied equal rights and freedoms to Americans of color. Fifty years later, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans are facing a struggle that mirrors that of
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Goldberg-Hiller, Jonathan. The Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002. Print.
Moats, David. Civil Wars: The Battle for Gay Marriage. Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. Print.
Merin, Yuval. Equality for Same-Sex Couples: The Legal Recognition of Gay Partnerships in Europe and the United States. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Print.
Mohr, Richard D. The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Print.
Newton, David E. Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2009. Print.
Plessy v. Ferguson. 163 U.S. 537. United States Supreme Court. 18 May 1896. US Supreme Court Center. Justia. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.