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...Iowa decision's precedent is less forceful. (Read the full decision) Iowa decided, instead, that the statute banning gay marriage fails a subordinate level of constitutional analysis, what courts call "intermediate scrutiny," an approach usually used with cases involving discrimination on the basis of gender, for instance. Because the statute could not even meet that standard, Cady ruled that there was no need to decide whether a higher level of scrutiny should be required in the future...
...subject. "As a result, civil marriage must be judged under our constitutional standards of equal protection and not under religious doctrines or the religious views of individuals. This approach does not disrespect or denigrate the religious views of many Iowans who may strongly believe in marriage as a dual-gender union, but considers, as we must, only the constitutional rights of all people, as expressed by the promise of equal protection for all. We are not permitted to do less and would damage our constitution immeasurably by trying to do more...
...designing for Muslim groups, often in Europe or North America, are updating the mosque for the 21st century, sparking not just a hugely creative period in Islamic design, but one riven by controversy. The disputes over modern mosques echo larger debates taking place in the Islamic world today about gender, power and, particularly in immigrant communities, Islam's place in Western societies. Even the simplest design decision can reflect questions that are crucial to Islam and its adherents: Should women be allowed in a mosque's main hall or confined to separate quarters? Are minarets necessary in the West, where...
...Bowman said of the Spee. At the same time, Advocate member Millicent M. Younger ’10 and Dudley Co-op president Paul Nauert ’09 regretted the relative lack of ethnic diversity in their organizations, but pointed out that their groups are much closer to gender equity compared to the all-male final clubs. “They perpetuate an unequal gender-power dynamic at this school,” Herz-Roiphe said of final clubs. He suggested that either final clubs could become co-ed or that female final clubs could become more popular...
...Rosenberg ’10, a women, gender, and sexuality concentrator who resides in the Dudley Co-op, and Shani Boianjiu ’11, an English concentrator living in Quincy House, are co-chairs of the Radcliffe Union of Students. Lisa J. Miracchi ’09 is an RUS member and a philosophy concentrator in Pforzheimer House...