Sex quiz: Test your Carnal Knowledge
The past year brought us more shocking insights into the world of sex: from the secret lives of Komodo dragons to new hope for erectile dysfunction, from progress in the long-standing puzzle about human/Neanderthal sex to scientific confirmation of the tricks of pickup artists.
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Venting Forums
The point of forums and comments on blogs is to have readers post educated, fair opinions out in the open. However, as seen with the topic Scott Brison and his family Christmas card, this almost never is the case.
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TV Gone Mad
LGBT columnist Jessica Easter discusses the media's portrayal on non-heterosexuals.
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Finding a Ceiling in a Circular Room: Locke v. Davey, Religious Neutrality, and Federalism
The text of the U.S. Constitution clearly distinguishes religion from non-religion by providing that while Congress may pass laws concerning many subjects and prohibiting many things, it may not make laws respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting religious exercise. As the distinctiveness of religion is clear from the text, the Court has had no problem concluding that religion, as a subject matter, and religious believers, as a class of persons, are constitutionally distinct. Though not apparent from the text, it is equally clear, and equally settled, that the Religion Clauses tug the government in opposite directions. Noting this tension, the Court has tread the line between the clauses carefully, holding that if the government opposes the establishment of religion too vigorously it will burden religious exercise, and if the government seeks to accommodate religious exercise too liberally, it will establish religion. However, while these propositions — that religion is distinct and that there is tension between the Religion Clauses — are clear and settled, the Court has struggled mightily to reconcile them. That is, the Court has not been able to answer the following question: how differently may the government treat religion from non-religion under one clause without violating the other?This article attempts to answer that question. My answer is inspired and informed by Locke v. Davey, 540 US 712 (2004), a case in which the Court held that at least in certain contexts the Free Exercise Clause permits the government to exclude an individual from a funding program on the basis of religion. In answering this question, I hope to accomplish three goals: (1) to defend the holding and reasoning in Davey; (2) to assuage the concerns of Davey's critics; and (3) to develop a paradigm that grants states discretion over how they partner with religious organizations but still limits states in a way that is consistent with the guarantees in the Religion Clauses. Given the extensive criticism of the Davey opinion, and the normative and practical significance of the question addressed in this article, this analysis is particularly timely and important.
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Profiles of Pride
Eric begins the focus on individual members of the LGBT community, this week drawing inspiration from famous American playwright Tennessee Williams.
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