TY - BOOK AU - Murdoch,Joyce AU - Price,Deb TI - Courting justice: gay men and lesbians v. the Supreme Court SN - 0465015131 : AV - HQ76.8.U5 M87 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Gay rights KW - United States KW - Gays KW - Legal status, laws, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-563) and index; Introduction: "Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain" -- ONE Standard of Justice -- "A Burning Sense of Injustice" -- Beefcake on the Menu -- "More Than a Homosexual" -- "Afflicted with Homosexuality" -- Nowhere to Hide -- Nothing to Hide -- A Marble Storm Cellar -- Ominous, "Unsettled" Times -- The Chess Master Makes His Move -- Adrift in a Sea of Gay Clerks -- Branded Second-Class Citizens -- Confirming Hostility -- Crawling Toward Empathy -- Turning a Major Corner -- "The Constitution 'Neither Knows Nor Tolerates Classes Among Citizens'" -- Counting to [Five] Four -- Conclusion: Seeking the Shortest Path to Equal Justice N2 - Former Washington Post editor Joyce Murdoch and her partner, lesbian columnist Deb Price, reveal how the nation's highest court has reacted to cases of discrimination against gays. Photos ER -