A More Perfect Union: Why Straight America Must Stand Up for Gay Rights

Mohr's book showcases a leading gay philosopher bringing his intellectual tools to bear on how society should think about issues like prejudice, sexual privacy, same-sex marriage, AIDS, and gays in the military. Mohr was inspired to write the book as a guide to how lesbians and gays can talk about these issues with their friends and public servants. But the quality of Mohr's writing and thought allow the individual essays to stand on their own as valuable commentaries, and make the book as a whole an important and accessible treatise on the range of issues where gays as citizens confront a polity often lacking not in empathy but in information.

I first read this book in my university's library so I would be an effective member of my University's gay straight alliance. Although I had grown up in a tolerant household, there was never any political theory, but somehow I'm convinvced my parents had a psycic connection to this book. Every thing they had taught me about justice and fairness to people in general was supported by this book.GLBT rights is not gay vs. straight or non-religious vs religion. It is equality vs. misinformation and intolerance. The world would be a much safer place for my friends if everybody read this book and took it's important moral lessons to hear

I first picked up this book to use as a research source for a University class project. However, I've read it several times since, for personal research as well as enjoyment! Richard D. Mohr obviously spent a lot of time writing a book that anyone, regardless of prior conceptions of homosexuals, or sexual orientation, can read, enjoy, and gain new insight to these important ideas and issues. I definitely rate A More Perfect Union as a five-star book. I've certainly enjoyed it time, and time again - and would recomend it to anyone for it's wit, intellectualism, and vast knowledge. Definitely a book that can be enjoyed over and over.