Motion Picture Production Code, 62–63, 64, 83, 90 and abortion, 208
Mudd, Emily Hartshorne, 158
Murphy, Frank, 96
Murray, John Courtney, 190
Muslims, xi, 312, 320
My Great Mistake (Hargis), 198
Mystery of Love and Marriage, The (Bailey), 147, 148–149
Nation, 63, 66, 93, 169
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), xiv–xv
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 94, 96, 112, 113, 119
National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), 221, 231
National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, xv
National Catholic War Council (NCWC), 23
National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC), 23, 27, 60, 210
National CIO War Relief Committee, 107
National Clergymen’s Advisory Council, 209
National Coalition of Gay Organizations, 282
National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, 226
National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control (NCFLBC), 32, 33
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 106
National Conference (later, US Conference) of Catholic Bishops, 226, 237, 308
National Council of Catholic Women, 63, 131
National Council of Churches, 150, 183, 195
National Council of the Churches of Christ (NCCC), 144, 146
National Education Association (NEA), 172
National Freedom to Marry Coalition, 287
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 292
National Opinion Research Center, 234
National Organization for Decent Literature (NODL), 66, 67, 68
National Organization for Women, 211–212
National Origins Act, xvii
National Research Council, 139
National Review, 270
National Training School for Women and Girls, 34
National Women’s Party, xv
natural law, 17, 20, 27, 89, 126, 127, 194, 209
Nazi Germany, 105, 135, 210
Negro a Beast, The (Carroll), 90
Neuhaus, Richard John, 270
New England Watch and Ward Society, 51, 52, 53, 68
New Hampshire Medical Society, 211
Newman, Rabbi Louis I., 127–128, 129
New Republic, 20
News-Tribune in Rome, Georgia, 108
Newsweek, 125, 156, 159
New York Call, 6
New York City, 23
Board of Education, 105
Church of the Beloved Disciple in, 283
Harlem, 34, 281
See also Judson Memorial Church
New York Court of Appeals, 287
New York/New England Society for the Suppression of Vice, 3
New York State Assembly, 214
New York Times, 6, 14, 17, 40, 56, 125, 129, 218–219, 248, 259
CFFC advertisement in, 234–235, 236
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 129–130, 131, 144, 145, 152
9/11 attacks, viii
Nineteenth Amendment, xv, xvii, 45
Nine to Five (film), 259
Noebel, David, 172, 176–177, 198, 293–294
Noll, John F., 66
Noonan, John, 194
North Harlem Community Forum, 34
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 259
Notre Dame, University of, 196
nuclear war, 121, 160
Obama, Barack, 304–305, 307, 312
Obergefell v. Hodges, vii, 276, 305–308, 311
obscenity, xvii, xix, 3–4, 8, 18, 31, 32, 49, 52, 54, 57, 81, 156, 250
Obscene Publications Act of 1857 (England), 57
See also censorship
O’Connell, William Henry Cardinal, 52, 68
O’Connor, John Cardinal, 233
Office of War Information Public Affairs Committee, 104, 105, 107
ONE Magazine, 281
Oral Roberts University, 245, 267
orgasm, 127, 137–138, 139
Our Movie Made Children (Forman), 63
Outlook news journal, 20
overpopulation, 13, 32
Packwood, Bob, 262
Parents Magazine, 159
Parker, John J., 94
Parsons, Elsie Clews, 99
patriarchy, 9, 15, 18, 21, 143, 171, 206, 220, 302, 308, 318
Patterns of Culture (Benedict), 100–102
Patterson, Orlando, 250
Paul (apostle), 38, 59, 149
Paul, Alice, xv
Paula Jones Legal Defense Fund, 264, 265
Paul VI (Pope), 195
Payne, Buckner, 87–88
Pearson, Drew, 66–67
Pence, Mike, 268
People magazine, 261–262
petting, 45, 101, 127, 137, 138, 139, 159
Phelps, Timothy, 247
Pittenger, W. Norman, 152–153
Pius XI (Pope), 26, 38–39, 64
Pius XII (Pope), 192, 210
Pivot of Civilization, The (Sanger), 21
Planned Parenthood, 8, 9, 35, 151, 161, 163, 167, 186, 188, 195, 196, 208, 209, 210, 212, 219, 237, 313, 315
Playboy magazine, 155, 165, 184, 277
Plessy v. Ferguson, 95
police, 14, 15–16, 17, 20, 214, 220, 280, 282
political issues, ix, x, xi, xiv, xvi, 22, 28, 46, 49, 53, 84, 90, 106, 116, 121, 190, 197, 227, 282, 290, 292, 302
and Bill Clinton’s sexual behavior, 271
and feminism, 244, 255
intermixing of religion, sex, and politics, xviii, 269, 320
politicization of abortion, 238
politics of meaning, 314
politics of race, 248
poll taxes, 109, 113
and sexual harassment, 244, 263, 264, 267 (see also sexual harassment: Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Senate Judiciary Committee hearings)
women running for congress, 256
See also elections
Pomeroy, Wardell, 151
pornography, 73, 171–172, 175, 180, 205, 228, 241
postal service, 4, 32
Potter, Reverend Dr. Charles Francis, 31
poverty, x, 5, 6, 11, 12, 21, 34, 218, 228, 231, 234, 296
Powell, Dr. Adam Clayton, 34
Powell, Adam Clayton Jr., 209
Powell, Wesley, 211
prayer in public schools, 170
Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships (Kirkendall), 178
Presbyterians, 45, 60, 117, 124, 140, 144, 312
Prisoners of Poverty (Campbell), 257
privacy, 167, 196, 215, 302
Problems of Sexual Behavior (American Social Hygiene Association), 132
profanity, 62
Progressive Education Association, 103
Prohibition, xvii, 59
prostitution, 21, 55, 158, 175, 223–225, 302
Protestants, xvii, 9, 11, 43, 46, 74, 289, 296
and abortion, 202, 211, 212, 217
and censorship, 52, 67
collaboration with Catholics, 67–68
and contraception, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 22, 28–36, 39–45, 49, 67, 209
and gay rights, 155–156
and Kinsey reports, 128–129, 136, 140, 144, 147–154
and sex education, 153
See also individual denominations
Quakers, 160, 161, 164, 166, 185, 187, 298
Quigley, Michael, 62
Quota Act, xvii
Rabbits’ Wedding, The (Williams), 118
Race Question, The (Coody), 112–113
Race: Science and Politics (Benedict), 103
Races of Mankind, The (Benedict and Weltfish), 85, 104–111, 113, 115, 120
racial issues, xiv, 7, 12, 18, 24, 30, 161
concubinage relations between white men and black women, 92
black men’s lust for white women, xvi, 90, 91–92
Nazi theories concerning, 102, 104, 105
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bsp; race mixture, 105, 108–109, 114
racial traits vs. history and environment, 100
racism, xv, 35, 94, 97, 103, 113, 116, 120, 219, 312
See also Citizens’ Councils; marriage: interracial; miscegenation; segregation/segregationists; sexuality: interracial sex; white supremacy
radio ministries, 170
Rainbow, The (Lawrence), 54
Rankin, John E., 94
rape, 5, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94, 95, 112, 219, 228, 254, 259, 316
Ratner, Herbert A., 126
Reagan, Ronald, 228, 233, 234, 235, 260, 287
Redbook, 152
Red Scare, xvii
Reed, Ralph, 251, 252–254
Rehnquist, William H., 260–261
Reiland, Dr. Karl, 9, 11, 17
relativism, 126, 254, 255
Release from Sexual Tension (Calderone), 162, 187
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, 229
Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry, 299, 303
religious freedom, 222, 266, 311, 315
religious right, 224, 243–244, 251, 271, 276, 277, 294, 295–296, 318
Renbaugh, Bertha, 9
Republican Party, 201, 205, 228, 238, 256, 312
National Convention of 1992, 257
rhythm method, 25, 39, 187, 189–190, 195–196
Rice, John R., 118
Rice, Otis R., 131–132, 146–147
Robbins, Reverend Howard C., 40
Robertson, Pat, 245, 251, 252, 265, 295
Robinson, Bishop V. Gene, xix, 274 (photo), 274–275, 277–279, 286, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310
marriage/divorce of, 278
Rock, Dr. John, 189
Rockefeller, John D. Jr., 32
Roe v. Wade, 153, 201, 202, 203, 206, 222, 226, 253, 319
aftermath of, 225–226, 253
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 94, 95
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 94–95, 114
Roosevelt, Theodore, 7
Ross, J. Elliot, 25–26
Rubin, Isadore, 173, 180
Rutherford, Mildred, xvi
Rutherford Institute (TRI), 266
Ryan, John A., 7, 15, 23–24
same-sex marriage, vii–viii, xviii, 273–274, 281–288, 296, 299, 302, 303, 306–307, 311
and AIDS, 287
vs. job protections, 309
and legal benefits, 282, 287, 294
legalization of, 276, 284, 285, 287, 304, 305
Sandburg, Carl, 160
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, viii
Sanger, Margaret, xix, 1–2, 2 (photo), 5, 19, 21, 26–27, 28, 29 (photo), 32–33, 35, 42, 45–47, 57, 79, 161, 190, 215
arrests, 6, 8
cooperating with clergy, 29–30, 43, 209
and eugenics, 12
speech at Park Theatre in New York, 17–18
Sanger, William, 6
Santorum, Rick, 302
Scalia, Antonin, 302
Schlafly, Phyllis, 260
Schnitzer, Rabbi Jeshaia, 176
Schreiner, Olive, 99
Schulte, Rita, 264
Schwandt, Wayne, 286
science, 12, 28, 30, 43, 47, 70, 80, 125, 134, 136, 141, 150, 152, 182, 195, 229
Scott, Nathan, 80
secularism, vii, viii, x, 101, 125, 129, 193, 199, 202, 205, 231, 277, 292, 295, 311, 315
secular humanism, 173, 228, 288, 309, 320
See, I Told You So (Limbaugh), 254
Senate Judiciary Committee, 247. See also sexual harassment: Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Senate Judiciary Committee hearings
segregation/segregationists, 85, 86, 87, 89, 94, 97, 113, 116, 117, 120
sensitivity training, 174
“Sex and Religion in the Kinsey Report” (Niebuhr), 144
Sex and the Single Girl (Brown), 155
sex education, xii, xiii, xviii, 6, 18, 150, 154, 156–157, 167–168, 172, 173, 174, 180, 196, 198, 228, 244
controversies in local communities, 177–178
and marriage counseling/family life education, 163
negative forms of, 164
as preventive medicine, 167
See also Calderone, Mary Steichen; Sex Information and Education Council of the United States
Sex Habits of American Men (Deutsch), 127–129
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), 151, 157, 163, 167–168, 173, 174, 175, 177, 179, 180, 182, 185, 192, 193, 195
opposition to, 168–169, 199 (see also Hargis, Billy James)
statement of purpose, 164
sexism, 198, 219, 318
Sex Revolution in the United States (Hargis), 181–182
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Kinsey), 123, 134–147
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Kinsey), 123, 125–134
Catholic/Protestant differences concerning, 131
clergy self histories in, 132
sexual harassment, xiii, xix, 239, 313, 317–318
Bill Clinton/Paula Jones case, 241–243, 262–269, 294
Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, 247–257, 261
defined, 259–260
first public speak-out on, 258–259
number of claims filed with EEOC, 262
vs. seduction, 255
Sexual Harassment of Working Women (MacKinnon), 259
sexuality, xi, 22, 60, 62, 66, 121–122, 137, 196–197
abstinence, 37, 40, 254
of adolescents, 159
casual sex, 165
and cultural patterns, 100–101
culture wars over, 9, 270, 316
desacralized/deromanticized, 225
extramarital sex, 133, 157, 191
female sexuality, 18, 79, 223, 230–231
as health vs. moral issue, 163
interracial sex, xix, 83–85, 86, 95–96, 114–115, 116
limits concerning, 184–185
married sexual love, 42
misinformation about, 164
nonprocreative sex, 1, 19, 25, 32, 236, 237
and power, 236
premarital sex/chastity, 136, 137, 138, 139, 152, 155, 158, 174, 191, 199, 289
revolution in religious thinking about, 148–154
and self-control, 18, 19, 32, 43
sex and politics, ix
sex mystics, 19
sexual freedom, ix, x, xiii, xvii, 32, 45, 192, 250, 271, 315
sexual morality, ix, xii, xiii, 15, 25, 37, 56, 69, 73, 92, 116, 117, 123, 128, 129, 137, 143, 183, 197, 206, 217, 244, 271, 313 (see also morality)
sexual pleasure, 46, 196, 197, 212
sexual revolution, viii, 69, 123, 148, 250, 300
sexual sin, 56, 58, 78, 87, 101, 126, 133, 141, 153, 184
and social roles, xiii–xiv
spiritualization of, 28, 32, 37, 40, 43, 49, 54, 55, 99, 129, 137, 149, 185 (see also Lawrence, D. H.)
See also homosexuality; sex education
Sexuality and Human Culture (SIECUS), 185
Sexual Relations in Christian Thought (Bailey), 149
Sheehy, Monsignor Maurice, 133
SIECUS. See Sex Information and Education Council of the United States
SIECUS–Corrupter of Youth (Drake), 178
Sikes, Bob, 107
Silberman, Rosalie (“Ricky”) 251
sin. See sexuality: sexual sin
Sinclair, Upton, 257–258
Sixth International neo-Malthusian and Birth Control Conference, 31
slavery, x, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 108, 161, 257–258
Slaymaker, John Tait, 51
Smith, Lamar, 270–271
Smith, Lillian, 114
Smith, Noel, 119
Smith, Ruth Proskauer, 151
Society for a Christian Commonwealth, 225
sodomy, 280, 291
anti-sodomy laws, x, 155, 266, 282, 293, 294, 302, 303
Sons and Lovers (Lawrence), 51
South (in US), 84–85, 90, 92–95, 97, 104, 109, 110,
111, 113, 120
Democratic Party in, 90, 91
Reconstruction in, 88–89, 90, 92
Southern Baptists, 88, 97, 116, 118, 145, 202–203, 205, 213, 289, 290, 295
Spear, Emma Bailey, 40
Special Report: AIDS (Noebel), 293–294
Starr, Kenneth, 269–270, 271
state Supreme Courts, 89, 283, 284, 285, 294, 303, 304
Steichen, Edward, 160
Steinbeck, John, 59
Steinem, Gloria, 258
Stone, Arthur P., 51
Stonewall riots in 1969, 282
Straight, Dorothy Whitney, 9–10
Strange Fruit (Smith), 114
Streetcar Named Desire, A (film), 64
strikes, xvii, 6
Suenens, Cardinal Leo Joseph, 193–194
suffrage movement, xiv–xix, 9, 10, 47, 98
anti-suffragists, xv–xvi, xviii
and black suffrage, xvi
Sullivan, Andrew, 287–288
Sullivan, Tony, 285
Sumner, John S., 58
Sunday School Times, 44
superstition, 134, 136, 215
Supreme Court, vii, 57, 81, 94, 117, 119–120, 155, 167, 170, 222, 223, 241, 272, 283–284, 302, 315. See also state Supreme Courts
Synagogue Council of America, 183, 195
Tailhook scandal, 256–257
Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization (Bilbo), 115–116
Tannen, Deborah, 261
Tarver, Malcolm, 110
teen pregnancies, 167
Teetsel, Eric, 315
Telegraph in Macon, Georgia, 108
Tertullian, 25
Theuner, Doug, 301
Thomas, Clarence, 241, 242, 244, 245, 260
confirmation of, 248–249
nomination to Supreme Court, 246–247
supporters of, 247, 251
wife of, 261, 262
See also sexual harassment: Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Senate Judiciary Committee hearings
Thomas, John, 176, 188–189, 189–192
Thurmond, Strom, 116
Tillman, Benjamin “Pitchfork Ben,” xvi
Time, 130, 198, 219
Tippy, Worth M., 43–44
Title VII of Civil Rights Act, 259, 260–261
tolerance, 101, 103, 105, 293
Totenberg, Nina, 247, 257
Town Hall (New York), 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 28
Tripp, Linda, 269
Truman, Harry, 116
Trumbull, Charles Gallaudet, 44
Trump, Donald, 312–320
Truth Publishing, 8
Turner, Henry McNeal, 91–92
Ubell, Earl, 188, 189
Ulysses (Joyce), 58, 59
Unhappy Gays, The: What Everyone Should Know about Homosexuality (LaHaye), 292
Unitarians, 11, 31, 33, 140, 209, 298, 299
United Church of Christ, 320
United Nations, 210
United Service Organization (USO), 104, 106–107
United States Catholic Council, 183
US Army, 107–108
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