The First Amendment and LGBT Equality: A Contentious History

363 Pages·2017·19.278 MB·English

by  Carlos A. Ball

The First Amendment
and LGBT Equality

The First Amendment
and LGBT Equality
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A Contentious History
Carlos A. Ball
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
2017
Copyright © 2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First printing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ball, Carlos A., author.
Title: The First Amendment and LGBT equality : a contentious history / Carlos
A. Ball.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016043742 | ISBN 9780674972193
Subjects: LCSH: Sexual minorities—Legal status, laws, etc.—United
States—History—20th century. | Gay rights—United States—History—20th
century. | Freedom of expression—United States—History—20th century. |
Discrimination—Law and legislation—United States—History—20th century.
| United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.
Classification: LCC KF4754.5 .B35 2017 | DDC 342.7308/7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043742
To my tía Annette and my tío Rafael,
and to my tío Tony and my tía Katia
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Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: From the First Amendment to LGBT Equality
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1 Moral Displacement and Obscenity Law 15
2 Coming Together and Free Expression 50
3 Coming Out and Free Expression 92
4 Activism in and out of the Courts 123
Part II: From LGBT Equality to the First Amendment
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5 The Race and Gender Precedents 153
6 LGBT Equality and the Right to Exclude 193
7 Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty 222
Conclusion 275
Notes 287
Acknowledgments 341
Index 343