Marriage Equality on the Arc of Civil Rights History: A Broad Historical Narrative

28 The Second Draft 7-13 (2015)

60 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2015 Last revised: 8 Mar 2016

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Charles R. Calleros

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Date Written: July 5, 2015

Abstract

This essay summarizes the thesis of a much longer article, Advocacy for Marriage Equality: The Power of a Broad Historical Narrative During a Transitional Period in Civil Rights, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev 1249 (2015). Previous civil rights movements in the United States define broad historical patterns that form a narrative helpful to a proper understanding of new controversies. As a society we often could benefit from a reminder that our actions today will form the history for future generations, who will judge us with benefit of hindsight and a broader perspective. With each new civil rights controversy, we owe it to ourselves and to the victims of discrimination to ask whether we are once again in a period of transition, where conventional mores will soon sound as jarring as Justice Bradley’s concurrence in Bradwell v. Illinois sounds to us now.

Suggested Citation

Calleros, Charles R., Marriage Equality on the Arc of Civil Rights History: A Broad Historical Narrative (July 5, 2015). 28 The Second Draft 7-13 (2015), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2627470 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2627470

Charles R. Calleros (Contact Author)

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law ( email )

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Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
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