Re: [UUPoly-L] Orientation vs. Choice?

[Bitsy <darthbitsy@yahoo.com>]

Kenji Yoshino, a professor of law at Yale talks about this in regards to gay rights in his book
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights.  I gather this interpretation is fairly
prevalent in the legal/civil rights community.

The book, however, is well worth reading.

Bitsy


--- CWLee <cwlee@post.harvard.edu> wrote:

> 
> Norm wrote:
> 
> > Just anecdotally, I believe age-gap relationship 
> > preference, like polyamory, may be an orientation, and not 
> > merely a choice. For those of you who are unfamiliar with 
> > this particular debate - orientation versus choice - it is 
> > identified by poly legal scholars as the fundamental 
> > problem we have in the legal system. ...
> 
> Citation please, for the legal scholars and their 
> publications.  :-)
> 
> > ... For perspective, realtize that it was the acceptance 
> > of homosexuality as an 'inborn' orientation and not a 
> > choice that paved the way for treatment of sexual 
> > preference as a protected class under law. ...
> 
> Again, citation please, to support this assertion.  :-)
> 
> (I'm not hostile to your ideas, just looking for further 
> support for them.)
> 
> Best regards to all. 
> 
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