Religious freedom and gay rights : emerging conflicts in the United States and Europe / edited by Timothy Samuel Shah, Thomas F. Farr, and Jack Friedman. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religious freedom, same-sex marriage, and the dignity of the human person / Equality and religious liberty : oppressing conscientious diversity in England / Gay rights versus religious rights / At the door of the temple : religious freedom and new orthodoxy / Wrongful discrimination? : religious freedom, pluralism, and equality / Civil marriage for same-sex couples, "moral disapproval," and tensions between religious liberty and equality / The politics of accommodation : the American experience with same-sex marriage and religious freedom / Die and let live? : the asymmetry of accommodation / Claims for homosexual equality and religious freedom in tension : moral and conceptual frameworks / Same-sex partnership and religious exemptions in Italy : constitutional textualism versus European consensus / A Scandinavian perspective on homosexuality, equal rights, and freedom of religion / Matthew J. Franck -- John Finnis -- Stephen Law -- Archbishop Philip Tartaglia -- Richard W. Garnett -- Linda C. McClain -- Robin Fretwell Wilson -- Steven D. Smith -- Rocco Buttiglione -- Andrea Pin -- Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg -- Roger Trigg. Introduction: Part I. The United Kingdom. Part II. The United States. Part III. Continental Europe. Afterword /

Timothy Samuel Shah, Thomas F. Farr, and Jack Friedman's volume, 'Religious Freedom and Gay Rights' brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on religion, morality, politics, and law to analyze the emerging tensions between religious freedom and gay rights in three key geographic regions: the United States, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe.

9780190600624 0190600624 9780190600631 0190600632 9780190604141 019060414X

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Homosexuality--Religious aspects.
Gay rights--Religious aspects.
Freedom of religion.
Gay rights--United States.
Gay rights--Europe.

BL65.H64 / R45 2016eb

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