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Article: Winning the struggle: what works. (Books).(Equality Practice: Civil Unions and the Future of Gay Rights)
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- The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
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- July 1, 2002
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Equality Practice: Civil Unions and the Future of Gay Rights
by William Eskridge
Routledge. 240 pages, $17.95
GAY rights advocates have traditionally argued their case in terms of privacy. They came from a culture of the closet, and they sought the freedom to engage in behavior that was deemed unsuitable for public discussion. The rights they demanded--to assemble freely, to engage in consensual sex, to be free from harassment--did not rely on public acceptance of their homosexuality, but on being left alone. Their battle took its strength from the classical liberal vision of a neutral state that allows individuals to pursue their own ends, and ...