Vows to Collide: The Burgeoning Conflict Between Religious Institutions and Same-Sex “Marriage” Antidiscrimination Laws
Fredric J. Bold, Jr., 158 U. Pa. L. Rev. 179 (2009)
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Rather than catalog the countless foreseeable legal conflicts between same-sex marriage and religion, as others have done, this Comment seeks to explore in greater depth the seriousness of the challenge to religious activity and to assess some potential First Amendment defenses with which a confronted religious actor or institution could respond, paying particular attention to the likeliest successful argument: the right to expressive association.