Who's the bigot? : learning from conflicts over marriage and civil rights law / Linda C. McClain.
By: McClain, Linda C [author.].
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TextSeries: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190063726 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States | Equality before the law -- United States | Civil rights -- United States | Toleration -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 342.73087 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In this work, the eminent legal scholar Linda McClain traces the rhetoric of bigotry and conscience across a set of debates relating to both marriage and antidiscrimination law. In the process, she demonstrates the contested nature of the term 'bigotry' along with its complex ties to the concept of conscience. By teasing out the historica dimensions of the arguments surrounding marriage and antidiscrimination law and demonstrating how the motive-content divide structures such debates, McClain makes a novel contribution to our understanding of the relationship between religious liberty and discrimination in American life.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this work, the eminent legal scholar Linda McClain traces the rhetoric of bigotry and conscience across a set of debates relating to both marriage and antidiscrimination law. In the process, she demonstrates the contested nature of the term 'bigotry' along with its complex ties to the concept of conscience. By teasing out the historica dimensions of the arguments surrounding marriage and antidiscrimination law and demonstrating how the motive-content divide structures such debates, McClain makes a novel contribution to our understanding of the relationship between religious liberty and discrimination in American life.
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