A scholarly debate on gay marriage

The same-sex marriage debate
In the UK, Tony Mason puts a ring on Asa Cairns' finger during a mock civil partnership ceremony at the Gay Wedding Show on December 4, 2005 in Brighton, England.
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A philosophy professor from Illinois and a law professor from Massachusetts faced off in a civil debate on same-sex marriage recently at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

Arguing in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage was Richard Mohr, a professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mohr has written a number of books on gay rights, most recently, "The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality and Rights."

Arguing against expanding the definition of marriage was Dwight Duncan, a professor at Southern New England School of Law in Massachusetts.

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