Resources and Credits
Research Sources
We’re grateful to the following resources for providing background information for this activity:
Government
- Testimony of Professor Ellen Perrin, M.D., before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary 2003
- Testimony of Professor Jeffrey Satinover, Ph.D., before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary 2003
- “Defense of Marriage Act: Update to Prior Report,” memo addressed to Senator Bill Frist from Dayna K. Shah, Associate General Counsel for the U.S. General Accounting Office, January 23, 2004
- Supreme Court of California, Decision In re Marriage Cases, May 15, 2008
Supreme Court of California, Brief Amici Curiae of James Q. Wilson et al., In re Marriage Cases, March 4, 2008
Articles and Background
- The Bible,
- King James Version
- Associated Press,
- “Federal judge dismisses same-sex marriage lawsuit in Fla.,” January 20, 2005
- Campbell, Joseph,
- The Power of Myth, Anchor Books, 1991
- Dolan, Maura,
- “California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban,” Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2008
- Horton, Richard,
- “Is Homosexuality Inherited,” The New York Review of Books, July 13, 1995
- Goss, Robert E.,
- Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up, Pilgrim Press, November 2002
- Hurley, Dan,
- “Divorce Rate: It’s Not As High As You Think,” The New York Times, April 19, 2005
- Morse, Jennifer Roback,
- “Marriage and the Limits of Contract,” Policy Review, April/May 2005
- Morse, Jennifer Roback,
- “Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Persecution of Civil Society,” National Catholic Register, June 8-14, 2008
- Orland, David,
- The Deceit of Gay Marriage, Boundless, 2000
- Paulson, Michael,
- “Pope says gay unions are false,” The Boston Globe, June 7, 2005
- Popenoe, David,
- “The Future of Marriage in America,” in The State of Our Unions, The Social Health of Marriage in America, 2007
- Spitzer, Robert,
- Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 32, No. 5, October 2003, pp. 403-417
- Spohn, Larry,
- “14th Amendment Protection,” Albuquerque Tribune, December 14, 2006
- Wildermuth, John,
- “Obama opposes California same-sex marriage ban, which McCain supports,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 1, 2008
Organizations
- www.protectmarriage.com, official web site of the California Marriage Protection Act
- National Organization for Marriage
- The Traditional Values Coalition
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
- Equality California
Image Credits
- Cake top bride figurines in step 1 and step 5 image montages:
- Courtesy GayWeddings.com
- Other photos:
- From iStockPhoto.com
Site Credits
- Written by Malcolm Gay
- Produced and edited by Meghan Laslocky
- Designed by Rick Elizaga and Eric Westby
- Created by KQED Interactive
- In memory of Sean Fagan
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