{"product_id":"9781631494284","title":"Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice Selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"volume of lasting significance\" that illuminates how the clash between sex and religion has defined our nation's history (Lee C. Bollinger, president, Columbia University).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLauded for \"bringing a bracing and much-needed dose of reality about the Founders' views of sexuality\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e), Geoffrey R. Stone's \u003cem\u003eSex and the Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e traces the evolution of legal and moral codes that have legislated sexual behavior from America's earliest days to today's fractious political climate. This \"fascinating and maddening\" (\u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e) narrative shows how agitators, moralists, and, especially, the justices of the Supreme Court have navigated issues as divisive as abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and contraception. Overturning a raft of contemporary shibboleths, Stone reveals that at the time the Constitution was adopted there were no laws against obscenity or abortion before the midpoint of pregnancy. A pageant of historical characters, including Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson, Anthony Comstock, Margaret Sanger, and Justice Anthony Kennedy, enliven this \"commanding synthesis of scholarship\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) that dramatically reveals how our laws about sex, religion, and morality reflect the cultural schisms that have cleaved our nation from its founding.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42869627322429,"sku":"9781631494284","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781631494284_p0.jpg?v=1771580705","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781631494284","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}