Geoffrey R. Stone Interviewed About "Sex and the Constitution" (Video)
Chicago Scholar Tackles ‘Sex and the Constitution’
“Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages.”
So wrote Justice William Brennan in a landmark 1957 Supreme Court decision. And that quote opens a new book that traces the surprising history of attitudes toward sex, from ancient Greece up to present day America, and explains how those attitudes intertwine with religion, morality and the law.
The just-released book “Sex and the Constitution” tells the story of when, why and how lawmakers and judges weighed in on obscenity, contraception, homosexuality and more.
Author Geoffrey Stone, professor of law at the University of Chicago, joins Chicago Tonight for a conversation.
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