Communism, xvii, 85, 104, 117, 120, 140, 141, 143, 169, 170, 199
Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), 109, 110
and sex education, 172, 175, 180, 181
Comstock, Anthony, 3, 4, 6–7, 18, 19, 57–58
Comstock Law, 3–4, 16, 33
Concordia Seminary, 80
Confirmation, The (Reed), 253
Congress, 85
House Military Affairs Committee, 108
H.R. 7 bill, 109, 110
women running for, 256
See also sexual harassment: Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Senate Judiciary Committee hearings
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 96
Connecticut Supreme Court, 304
Conrad, Earl, 35
conservatives/traditionalists, vii, xi–xii, xiii, 37, 47, 79, 250, 251, 263. See also Christianity: Christian liberals/conservatives; fundamentalists; religious right
contraception, x, xiii, 158, 161, 163, 186, 215, 218
advertisements for contraceptives, 3
doctors’ instructions concerning, 4
legalizing, 6, 28
political argument for, 22
public discussion of, 23, 24, 29
as servant of marriage, 165
See also birth control; Sanger, Margaret
Coody, Archibald Stimson IV, 111–113
Cooke, Terence Cardinal, 227
Cornell University, 258–259
Coulter, Ann, 268
Council on Religion and the Homosexual, 296
Cox, Harold, 17
Cox, Harvey, 152
Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams, 248
crime, xvii, 12, 51, 62, 66, 90, 162, 224
vs. sin, 147
Criswell, W. A., 118, 202
Croly, Herbert, 11, 20
culture, concept of, 100, 102, 103, 153. See also sexuality: culture wars over
Current Opinion, 7
Daniels, E. J., 145–146
Daughters of the American Revolution, 95
Davies, Horton, 80–81
Davies, J. Conway, 37–38
Davies, Reverend Arthur Powell, 209
Davis, Gilbert, 265
Davis, Kim, vii–viii
Davis, Kingsley, 159
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 294–295, 304
Degeneres, Ellen, 295
DeLacey, John, 50–51, 56
democracy, 15, 16, 102
Democratic Party, 90, 91, 201, 205, 214, 223, 235
National Convention of 1992, 255–256
Denmark, 287
Depression era, 63
Deutsch, Albert, 127
Dineen, Monsignor Joseph P., 14
diversity, xii, 103
divorce, x, xvi, 20, 38, 66, 101, 167, 301, 311
Dixiecrats, 116
Dixon, Thomas, xvi
Dobson, James, 315
Donahue, Captain Thomas, 14
double standards, 220, 224, 251, 263
Douglass, H. Paul, 90
Dowling, M. P., 7
Drake, Gordon V., 172–176, 177, 178, 179, 196, 199
Dred Scott decision, vii
Dreiser, Theodore, 11, 58
Du Bois, Dr. W. E. B., 34, 92, 173
Duffus, R. L., 67–68
Dunster House Bookshop (Boston), 51–53, 56, 67
Durham, Carl T., 108
Duvall, Sylvanus Milne, 150
East, E. M., 11
Eastern religions, 137
education, 102, 103, 105–106, 197, 289
family life education, 159, 160
See also sex education
Edwards, India, 190
elections
of 1984, 233–235
of 1992, 256, 262
of 2016, 313–318
Eliot, T. S., 37, 75–77, 80
Embracing the Exile: Healing Journeys for Gay Christians, 278, 286
England, 57
English common law, 207
Wolfenden Report of 1957, 149
entertainment, 49–50, 60, 120, 289, 294
Episcopal Church, xix, 9, 11, 13, 18, 31, 40, 80, 131, 134, 140, 153, 166, 216, 274, 277–279, 286, 297–302
Claiming the Blessing in, 297, 299–300
General Conventions of, 275–276, 297, 298, 300, 307
Lambeth Conferences, 36–38, 299, 301
National Episcopal AIDS Coalition, 298
Windsor Report, 300
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 245, 256, 259, 260–261, 262
equality, xii, 21, 22, 77, 79, 88, 89, 91, 97, 106, 108, 110, 111, 117, 119, 158, 161, 263
gender equality, 313, 315, 316, 318
Equal Rights Amendment, 228
Ernst, Morris, 59
Ettelbrick, Paula, 288
eugenics movement, xviii, 12, 24, 31, 43, 102
evangelicals, 141, 145, 203, 204, 271, 289, 307, 314, 315
Every, Brother George, 79–80
evolution, 31
Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC), 96, 110, 111
Falwell, Jerry, 118, 119, 228, 251, 290, 292, 295, 307
Falwell, Jerry Jr., 315
family values/family life, ix, xiv, xviii, 2, 12, 148, 150, 159, 159, 162, 163, 165, 177, 186, 191, 253
Fanny Hill (Cleland), 57
FCC. See Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
fear, xi, xii, xx, 12, 17, 18, 120, 137, 159
of body as source of pleasure, 197
of Catholicism, 29
fearmongering about interracial sex, 90–91
of women’s freedom, 230, 255
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (FCC), 39–45, 49
Federal Motion Picture Council, 18, 61
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan), 155
feminism, x, 41, 58, 81, 99, 139, 143, 171, 205, 211, 220, 228, 231, 235, 238, 244, 253, 273, 295, 301, 320
and Anita Hill/Paula Jones, 250, 252, 254–255, 263, 264, 268
Catholic feminists, 237
of Hillary Clinton, 315, 318
and prostitution, 224
See also women’s issues
Ferraro, Geraldine, 232–233, 234, 235
films, xvi, 60, 155, 157, 159. See also Motion Picture Production Code
First American Birth Control Conference, 8–14, 18, 21, 24, 27
First North American Conference on Church and Family, 150, 151, 163, 166, 187, 200
Fisher, Irving, 11
Florida Baptist Convention’s Social Service and Temperance Committee, 97
Following the Color Line (Baker), 92
Ford, Mrs. Simeon, 10
Forman, Henry James, 63
Fortunato, John, 286
Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 32
Foundations for Christian Family Policy (Genné, ed.), 150–151
France, 57
Francis (Pope), 311
Free Congress Foundation, 251, 252
free speech, 16, 20, 21, 47, 58, 67
Freud, Sigmund, 38, 54, 81, 139
Friedan, Betty, 155, 215
Fulton, Wallace C., 163
fundamentalists, 32, 44, 45, 119, 169, 170, 196, 205, 228, 293
Gallup polls, 45, 127, 195, 201, 204
Gardiner, Harold, 78
Garrett, Finis J., 94
Gay Activists Alliance, 283
Gay Liberation Front, 282
gender roles, ix, x, xiii–xiv, xvi, 39, 88, 154, 171, 190, 196, 239, 310
fatherhood/motherhood, 41
gender equality, 313, 315, 316, 318
wives obedient to husbands, 39, 191, 206, 230, 290, 294, 309 (see also marriage: female submission in)
General Assembly of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 299
Genné, Elizabeth Steel, 150–151
Genné, Reverend William Henry, 151, 163, 173, 176, 180, 182
George, Robert P., vii, 307–308
Gerson, Michael, 315
Gillespie, Reverend G. T., 117
Gillett, Freder
ick, 33
glass ceiling, 317–318
Global Anglican Future Conference, 276
God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage (Robinson), 305
Goldman, Emma, 6
Goldman, Phyllis and Robert, 162
Goldstein, Dr. Sidney, 209
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, 303
Gore, Al, 272
Graham, Billy, 141–142
Graham, Franklin, 307, 316
Grant, Robert M., 149
Grant, Ulysses, 4
Green Lake conference. See First North American Conference on Church and Family
Griffith, D. W., xvi
Griswold v. Connecticut, 45, 167, 215
Gross, Otto, 54
Hagmaier, George, 176, 188, 189, 192–193, 194
Hall, Radclyffe, 57
Halton, Mary, 10
Hamilton, Dr. Alice, 10
Hammond, John Hays Jr., 11
Hampton, Mabel, 281
Happiness in Marriage (Sanger), 32
Hardman, T. C., 118–119
Hargis, Billy James, xix, 157, 168–172, 178, 181–182, 183, 199, 201, 204–205
photo of, 171
published titles of, 172
sexual improprieties of, 198
Harper’s Weekly, 7, 125
hate mail, 179–180, 284
Hatmaker, Jen, 315
Hawaii Supreme Court, 294
Hayes, Archbishop Patrick J., 14, 15, 18, 20–21, 23, 24, 47
as cardinal, 26
Hays, Will, 60–61, 62, 63
Hemings, Sally, 87
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton (Coulter), 268
Hill, Anita, xix, 241, 242 (photo), 245–246, 246–247, 249–250, 252, 255–256, 262, 264, 267
See also sexual harassment: Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Senate Judiciary Committee hearings
Hill, Reuben, 194
Hiltner, Reverend Seward, 128–129, 144, 145, 149–150
Hollingsworth v. Perry, 305
Holmes, John Haynes, 33
Homosexual Agenda, The: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today, 302–303
homosexuality, 122, 130, 133, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 166, 175, 198, 223, 228, 235, 244, 255, 275, 276, 277–278, 289–290, 293, 295, 296, 299
bisexuals, vii, xiv, 166, 205, 292 (see also LGBT issues)
decriminalization of, 149
and English Puritan settlers, 279–280
gay culture, xvii
gay rights, xviii, 155–156, 171, 289, 293 (see also LGBT issues)
homophobia, 293, 301, 305
lesbianism, 139, 228, 280, 281, 282, 295
See also LGBT issues; same-sex marriage
Homosexuality and the Western Christian Tradition (Bailey), 149
Hooker, Evelyn, 151
Hooker’s Hookup, The: A Professional Journal, 224
Hose, Sam, 93–94
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 94
Howard, Floarda, 34
Human Life Center, 225
human rights, 209–210, 226, 320
Hyde, Henry, 227–228
hypocrisy, 25, 56, 70, 123, 128, 152, 166, 265, 271, 297
I Accuse Kinsey! (Daniels), 145, 146 (illustration)
Ickes, Harold, 95
immigration/immigrants, xvii, 23, 58, 315, 320
Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), 251, 267–268
Indiana Provincial Council of Catholic Women, 135
Inge, William R., 30, 31
Ingersoll, Robert, 5
Ingraham, Laura, 251
“Interfaith Statement on Sex Education,” 183, 195
International Conference of Eugenics, 24
International Congress of Sexology, 196
International Council of Christian Churches (ICCC), 170
International Motion Picture Congress, 64
Iowa Supreme Court, 304
Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex? (Drake), 172, 174–176, 177
It’s Time to Save Our Schools (Ku Klux Klan), 181
Jacobellis v. Ohio, 156
Jay, Louisa, 9
Jefferson, Thomas, 87, 117
Jesus, 70, 98, 118, 133, 218, 283, 296, 301, 305, 308
Jews/Judaism, 31, 60, 103, 127–128, 137, 149, 153, 176, 202, 209, 210, 212, 277, 299, 320
Jipping, Thomas, 252
John Birch Society, 168, 180, 196, 197
Johnson, Dr. Torrey M., 141, 143
Jones, Bob, 119
Jones, Marjorie, 284
Jones, Paula, xix, 241–242, 243 (photo), 262, 313. See also sexual harassment: Bill Clinton/Paula Jones case
Jones, William N., 33
Joyce, James, 58, 59
Judd, Mrs. Orrin R., 40
Judeo-Christian tradition, 136, 183, 185
Judson Memorial Church, 212, 213–214, 286
Judson Church Prostitution Project, 223–225
Jungle, The (Sinclair), 257–258
Jurgen (Cabell), 58
justice, x, 77, 99, 281, 308, 309, 315
Justice Department, Civil Rights Section, 96
juvenile delinquency, 159
Kelly, George A., 187
Kelly, Gerald, 210
Kennedy, Anne, 27, 28
King, Reverend Martin Luther Jr., 35
King, William Rufus, 280
Kinsey, Alfred C., xix, 122 (photo), 159, 175
biologism of, 126, 152
commentary on religion of, 125–126
correspondence of, 124–125, 130, 132, 134, 147, 149, 151
and liberal Protestant leaders, 147–154
Kinsey reports, 122–123 (see also individual books)
Kinsolving, Lester, 216
Kirkendall, Lester, 151, 163, 173, 178, 180, 182
Kissling, Frances, xix, 205 (photo), 205–206, 230–233, 235–236, 237
Kligfeld, Rabbi Bernard, 183
Knight, Tracy, 284
Knopf, Dr. S. Adolphus, 11
Knott’s Berry Farm, 178
Krumm, John, 216
Ku Klux Klan, xvii–xviii, 87, 90, 96, 111, 180, 181
Lader, Lawrence, 215–216, 221
Ladies’ Home Journal, xv, 45
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Lawrence), 51–53, 55, 59, 69, 71–75, 78, 80, 155
film version of, 64
LaHaye, Beverly and Tim, 228, 289–290, 292
Lawrence, D. H., xix, 19, 37–38, 50 (photo), 51, 53–56, 68–75
“A Propos of Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “Making Love to Music,” 70
critics/reassessment of, 75–81
“Hymns in a Man’s Life” 69–70
Lawrence v. Texas, 302, 303
League for Political Education, 16
Legion of Decency, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68
Lentz, Richard, 144
Lewinsky, Monica, 268, 269, 270, 316–317
LGBT issues, xiii, 153, 244, 255, 271, 273, 276, 279, 282, 287, 288, 295, 309
liberals/progressives, vii, xi–xii, xiii, xviii, 10–11, 47, 63, 143, 172, 214, 235, 251, 254, 263, 277, 312, 319
liberal women and Anita Hill, 255
See also Christianity: Christian liberals/conservatives
Limbaugh, Rush, 251, 254–255
Lincoln, Abraham, vii, 117–118
literature, 49, 66–67, 157. See also Lawrence, D. H.
Little Review, The, 58
Lively, Earl, 173
Long, Bishop Eddie, 304
Look magazine, 284
Lost White Race, The (Calvin), 114–115
Louvain University Colloquium (Belgium), 193–195
Loving v. Virginia, 119–120
Loyola University, 126
Lutton, Wayne C., 293
Lynchburg Christian Academy, 119
lynchings, xvii, 85, 92–94, 96, 112, 249
McCarthy, Joseph, 117, 123
McClellan, John Little, 109–110
McConnell, James Michael, 283–284, 286
Mace, David R., 182
McIntire, Carl T., 170
MacKinnon, Catharine, 259, 261
McMahon, Patricia, 231
McQuillan, Fogarty, 229, 230
Maguire, Daniel and Marjorie, 233, 236, 238
Mahoney, Katie, 264
Mahoney, Reverend Patrick, 265
Manual of Contraceptive Practice (Calderone, ed.), 165
March for Life, 226
marriage, x, xiii, 25, 32, 35, 36, 43, 62, 70, 75, 77, 99, 128, 138, 140, 165, 187, 194, 282, 288, 294, 297
constitutional amendment concerning, 303–304
definition of, viii, 294, 303–304, 307
female submission in, 22, 25, 191 (see also gender roles: wives obedient to husbands)
infidelity in, 140, 141
interracial, xix, 89, 90, 91 (illustration), 97, 109–110, 115, 118, 119–120
marriage counseling, 158
monogamous/heterosexual marriage, ix, 12, 122, 309
morality of sex in, 1, 41 (see also sexuality: sexual morality)
same-sex marriage, vii–viii, xviii (see also same-sex marriage)
unhappiness in, 158
wedding vendors, 311
Marriage and Rhythm (Thomas), 189–190
Marshall, Thurgood, 246
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Committee, 52–53
mass shootings, viii
masturbation, 126, 137, 151, 197, 289
female, 138
Mattachine Society, 281
Maude sitcom, 226
May, Andrew J., 108, 113
Mead, Margaret, 101
media, 126, 134, 156, 204, 273, 294, 305
Medicaid, 228
Memoirs of Hecate County (Wilson), 67
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 260–261
Merton, Thomas, 78–79
Methodists, 140, 143, 182, 211, 217, 222, 224, 299, 314
Methuen and Company, 54
Mikulski, Barbara, 256
Milk, Harvey, 292
Miller, Henry, 59
Minnesota Supreme Court, 283
miscegenation, 62, 86, 87, 88, 89–90, 92, 111, 114, 115, 116, 119
misogyny, 215, 230, 237, 301, 316, 317, 318
modernity, xii, xiii, 30, 31, 58, 78, 81, 100
Moeller, Canon Charles, 194–195
Mondale, Walter, 233, 234
mongrelization, 112, 114, 115
Monroe, Willard, 34
Moody, Reverend Howard, xix, 204 (photo), 204–205, 212–225, 282, 286
Moody Broadcasting Network, 266
Moore, Beth, 315
Moore, Russell, 315
Moore, Ruth Frisbie, 78
morality, xvii, 1, 8, 9, 17, 22, 30, 31, 35, 40, 42, 46, 47, 62, 64, 65, 70, 74, 132, 135, 165, 174, 180–181, 199, 211, 255, 310
culture and moral codes, 102
new morality, 156, 173
See also sexuality: sexual morality; under abortion
Moral Majority, 228, 251
Morrison, Charles Clayton, 67
Moseley Braun, Carol, 256
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), 60–61, 66
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