Family and Sexuality

Families

• Grandparent's rights.  Page from the Kansas Elder Law Network.  Links about state laws and relevant court cases.  Summary of Troxel et vir. v. Granville, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning grandparents' right.
   
• LaFollette, Hugh. "Licensing Parents."  From Philosophy and Public Affairs (1980).
   
• Parents and children.  A site with numerous links to sites on parenting and children.
   
• Ruddick, William. "Parenthood: Three Concepts and Principle."  In Laurence D. Houlgate, ed. Family Values: Issues in Ethics, Society and the Family. Wadsworth (1988).
   
• Shanley, Mary Lyndon. "Just Marriage: On the Public Importance of Private Unions."  From the Boston Review
   
• Wang, James.  "The Confucian Filial Obligation and Care for Aged Parents."  Paideia Project Online.

Miscellaneous links concerning sexuality

• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale.  U.S. Supreme Court (1999).
  
  
• female geneital mutilation. Q&A concerning the practice from the World Health Organization.
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• Human sexuality books (Cornell).
   
• Princeton's site on Sexuality
   
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States.
  

Religious Views of Sexuality

• "On Love and the Family." Pope Francis's 2016 declaration on the importance of tolerance of non-standard lifestyles.
  
  
• Vatican's views on homosexuality (several documents)
   
• Various religious groups' statements concerning sexuality.
  
  
  

Sexual Orientation

• Obergefell v. Hodges. U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage.
  
  
• Preacher rants at first grader in gay pride parade.
  
  
• Safety Guide for LGBTQ people. According to the authors, 73% of LGBTQ people have been harrassed online.
  
  
• The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law.
   
• Understanding different sexual orientations.

Philosophical Essays

• LaFollette, Hugh.  "Sex and Jealousy."  Chapter 11 of  Personal Relationships: Love, Identity and Morality,  Blackwell (1996).

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