Religious Liberty and Same-Sex Marriage: Emerging Conflicts

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The legalization of same-sex marriage poses a direct threat to the civil liberties of religious Americans who oppose homosexuality, a distinguished panel of Constitutional law scholars said last night (Sept. 9, 2008) at the Newseum, in Washington, D.C. The event, co-sponsored by the Freedom Forum, celebrated the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty’s release of a new book, Same-Sex Marriage: Emerging Conflicts.

The law professors, though they had differing views of same-sex marriage itself, universally urged policymakers and citizens to consider carefully the rights of all parties in the conflict. Each of the speakers have contributed essays to the Becket Fund’s book, which is edited by David Laycock of the University of Michigan; Robin Wilson, law professor at Washington & Lee University; and Anthony Picarello, formerly at the Becket Fund and now general counsel at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. . . .