In recent years, trials have played an important role in shaping the legal definition and cultural understanding of marriage in the United States—mostly notably with last year’s Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that legalized same-sex marriage across the country. But have such legal events and the cultural conversation around marriage also shaped our Continue Reading …
Same-Sex Marriage: A Kantian Take on Religious-Exemption Rhetoric
“Argue as much as you like and about whatever you like, but obey!” –Kant (Read: Do your job, and complain about it later!) Religious freedom is often appealed to by opponents of legislative efforts to increase equality for members of the LGBT community, and it’s being invoked once again, not surprisingly, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to protect same-sex Continue Reading …