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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. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
A scholarly debate on gay marriage
Broadcast: Midday, 05/08/2007, 12:00 p.m.
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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