Let’s Talk About Same Sex: How Social Workers Can Make Judges Listen
Researchers have created a diverse toolbox of literature reporting that same sex cohabitating relationships are strikingly similar to heterosexual marriages in amicus curiae briefs submitted to the courts. However, judges are trained to fit information into legal frameworks and to ignore data that d...
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Indiana University School of Social Work
2010-09-01
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| description | Researchers have created a diverse toolbox of literature reporting that same sex cohabitating relationships are strikingly similar to heterosexual marriages in amicus curiae briefs submitted to the courts. However, judges are trained to fit information into legal frameworks and to ignore data that does not fit the rhetoric of a case. The following article aims to fit existing data on same sex relationships into the framework judges will use to decide whether same sex marriage can be prohibited. The primary precedent used to support same sex marriage is based on the analogy of a case prohibiting marriage discrimination based on race. The legal framework created by this case requires social work policy practitioners to frame research in terms of the evolution that has occurred in scientific understanding of same sex attraction and public opinion. A simple shift in the discourse used to frame the data can significantly impact whether judges listen. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-990b06cd8f4343b585aac9cb7efb401c2022-12-21T19:31:57ZengIndiana University School of Social WorkAdvances in Social Work1527-85652331-41252010-09-011121171281125Let’s Talk About Same Sex: How Social Workers Can Make Judges ListenStephanie K. Boys0Indiana UniversityResearchers have created a diverse toolbox of literature reporting that same sex cohabitating relationships are strikingly similar to heterosexual marriages in amicus curiae briefs submitted to the courts. However, judges are trained to fit information into legal frameworks and to ignore data that does not fit the rhetoric of a case. The following article aims to fit existing data on same sex relationships into the framework judges will use to decide whether same sex marriage can be prohibited. The primary precedent used to support same sex marriage is based on the analogy of a case prohibiting marriage discrimination based on race. The legal framework created by this case requires social work policy practitioners to frame research in terms of the evolution that has occurred in scientific understanding of same sex attraction and public opinion. A simple shift in the discourse used to frame the data can significantly impact whether judges listen.https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/432Policy practice, same sex marriage, discrimination, discourse, social policy |
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| title | Let’s Talk About Same Sex: How Social Workers Can Make Judges Listen |
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| topic | Policy practice, same sex marriage, discrimination, discourse, social policy |
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