93.159 Sexual orientation discrimination fails the "rational basis" basis test, 161

94.7 Rehearing ordered in the case of gay midshipman, 177

94.71 Gender motivated violence act adopted, 278

95.31 "Special protection" of homosexuals not required [Sixth Circuit upholds Cincinnati charteramendment preventing enforcement of any measure equating sexual orientation with minoritystatus; sexual orientation as a "subjective" characteristic; conflict with Colorado Supreme Courtholding; Andrew Sullivan on the "mythical abstraction" of the gay lifestyle; gay people oftenshare traditional values], 364.

96.2 Homosexual marriage and the "right of intimate association" [employer could not discriminateagainst lesbian couple on the ground of their relationship without showing that the action was"narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest"; Economist editorial supportinghomosexual marriage], 438.

96.36 Equal Protection and harassment of gay students [in Nabozny v. Podlesny the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a school district and school officials could be held liablefor violating a student's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection by failing to protect himfrom peers who harassed him because he was openly gay; ending the "boys will be boys"stereotype; the role of fathers in promoting self-restraint and empathy], 524.

97.23 Gay rights and American exceptionalism [American "conservatism" has a revolutionary quality toit: Twelve states now give homosexuals legal protection against discrimination. Gay LesbianBisexual Alliance v. Pryor: The First Amendment does not "permit a State to forbid or proscribeadvocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed toinciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action"], 615.