Homosexuality as a suspect class
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Homosexuals deserve equal protection as a suspect class under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. However, US courts approach cases involving a suspect class with varying degrees of scrutiny. The courts reserve their strictest scrutiny for cases involving discrimination based on race or other immutable characteristics. Such groups are considered suspect because of characteristics over which they have no control. Credible scientific studies indicate that sexual orientation is just such a characteristic, and that cases involving discrimination against homosexuals should thus qualify for strict scrutiny.
Publication Name: South Texas Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1052-343X
Year: 1993
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The "evolution" of lesbian and gay rights: reconceptualizing homosexuality and Bowers v. Hardwick from a sociobiological perspective
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Sociobiology provides an evolutionary perspective that can support lesbian and gay rights. According to sociobiology, the drive for intimacy is a natural impulse that characterizes both heterosexual and homosexual relationships, suggesting that homosexual intimacy should be protected as a fundamental right. The sociobiological perspective points to flaws in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bowers v. Hardwick. Sociobiological explanations of homosexuality include the balanced superior heterozygote fitness theory, kin-selection or inclusive fitness theory, and population control.
Publication Name: Annual Survey of American Law
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0066-4413
Year: 1996
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'Suspect' reports on Jewell had some merit
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News media were justified in their coverage of Richard Jewell as a suspect in the bombing of the Olympics in Atlanta, GA in 1996. While journalistic ethics might have restrained some excessive coverage, the press broke no libel laws but instead served the public's right to know. Jewell's lawyers are wrongly blaming the press for wrecking his life, and the lawyers say they will sue NBC News and the Atlanta Journal newspaper.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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