Restructuring the Marital Bedroom: The Role of the Privacy Doctrine in Advocating the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage

Authors

Nadine A. Gartner, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Part I of this paper examines the reasons underlying queer rights advocates' reluctance to insert privacy arguments into the case for legalizing same-sex marriage. Part II illustrates that, due to such disinclination, advocates transformed notions of privacy into concepts of liberty. Part III argues that, after the Lawrence decision, proponents of same-sex marriage can and should use privacy-based arguments to fortify their claims.

Recommended Citation

Nadine A. Gartner, Restructuring the Marital Bedroom: The Role of the Privacy Doctrine in Advocating the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage, 11 Mich. J. Gender & L. 1 (2004).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol11/iss1/1