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Dale Carpenter
Dale Carpenter is a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he teaches courses on Sexual Orientation and the Law, the First Amendment, and Commercial Law. He also writes a regular column, “OutRight,” for several gay publications across the country.
Carpenter graduated from Yale College and from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the law review. After law school, Carpenter was a law clerk to the Hon. Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Contact Dale Carpenter at OutRight@aol.com.
Contributions
- The Back of the Bus, by Dale Carpenter, October 26, 2006
- Foley and the Homophobic Mind, by Dale Carpenter, October 12, 2006
- Polygamy, Natural Law, and Gay Marriage, by Dale Carpenter, September 28, 2006
- Preserving Gay Civil Rights History, by Dale Carpenter, August 31, 2006
- The Washington State Marriage Decision, by Dale Carpenter, August 3, 2006
- New York Ruling, Take 3: Beyond Litigation, by Dale Carpenter, July 20, 2006
- The Amendment Is Dead. Long Live the Amendment, by Dale Carpenter, July 6, 2006
- The News Story I'd Like to See, by Dale Carpenter, June 8, 2006
- Why So Few Gay Marriages?, by Dale Carpenter, May 11, 2006
- Gay Families Change Gay Life, by Dale Carpenter, April 27, 2006
- Let Catholics Discriminate, by Dale Carpenter, March 31, 2006
- Right on the Internet, by Dale Carpenter, February 16, 2006
- Oppose Alito?, by Dale Carpenter, January 19, 2006
- 'Brokeback Mountain': A Dissenting View, by Dale Carpenter, December 22, 2005
- The Solomon Amendment and Gay Rights, by Dale Carpenter, December 8, 2005
- After the Texas Vote, by Dale Carpenter, November 24, 2005
- Three Unexpected Cheers for NGLTF, by Dale Carpenter, October 27, 2005
- Common Ground on Marriage, by Dale Carpenter, October 25, 2005
- Trouble in Texas, by Dale Carpenter, October 13, 2005
- A Sigh of Relief on Roberts, by Dale Carpenter, September 29, 2005
- Arnold's Legacy in the Balance, by Dale Carpenter, September 15, 2005
- John Roberts...Prejudged, by Dale Carpenter, September 1, 2005
- Abortion Rights Are Not Gay Rights, by Dale Carpenter, August 4, 2005
- Do Bisexual Men Exist?, by Dale Carpenter, July 21, 2005
- Justice O'Connor and Gay Rights, by Dale Carpenter, July 7, 2005
- Heart of Darkness, by Dale Carpenter, June 23, 2005
- Beyond Equality and Liberty, by Dale Carpenter, May 26, 2005
- Winning the Right Way in Connecticut, by Dale Carpenter, April 28, 2005
- The Late Pope's Legacy, by Dale Carpenter, April 14, 2005
- What If Terri Schiavo Had Been Gay?, by Dale Carpenter, March 31, 2005
- HRC Pours Another, by Dale Carpenter, March 17, 2005
- Tripp Isn't Straight on Lincoln, by Dale Carpenter, March 3, 2005
- Are Civil Unions a Dead End?, by Dale Carpenter, February 17, 2005
- Marriage Is More Than a Civil Union, by Dale Carpenter, February 3, 2005
- Wither HRC?, by Dale Carpenter, December 23, 2004
- Spousal Rights by Increments: California Shows the Way, by Dale Carpenter, November 25, 2004
- The Religious Revival, Gay Marriage, and Federalism, by Dale Carpenter, November 11, 2004
- Double-Talk in the Presidential Campaign, by Dale Carpenter, October 14, 2004
- How to Assess Outing, by Dale Carpenter, September 30, 2004
- Gay First, Republican Second, by Dale Carpenter, September 16, 2004
- HRC and the End of ENDA, by Dale Carpenter, August 19, 2004
- In Boston, the Democrats Ducked, by Dale Carpenter, August 5, 2004
- No Excuse for Kerry, by Dale Carpenter, July 22, 2004
- Kerry and Edwards Must Vote on Marriage, by Dale Carpenter, July 8, 2004
- Reagan and AIDS: A Reassessment, by Dale Carpenter, June 24, 2004
- Reagan and Gays: A Reassessment, by Dale Carpenter, June 10, 2004
- The End of Gay Rights, by Dale Carpenter, May 27, 2004
- Gay Marriage and Polygamy, by Dale Carpenter, April 29, 2004
- Will Gay Marriage Make More People Gay?, by Dale Carpenter, April 15, 2004
- Gay Marriage Helps Children, by Dale Carpenter, April 1, 2004
- Gay Marriage and Procreation, by Dale Carpenter, March 18, 2004
- Against Bush, by Dale Carpenter, March 4, 2004
- Time To Draw the Line, by Dale Carpenter, February 19, 2004
- Are Gays Wrecking Marriage in Scandinavia?, by Dale Carpenter, February 5, 2004
- Cheney Shows the Way, by Dale Carpenter, February 2, 2004
- Bad Arguments for Gay Marriage, by Dale Carpenter, December 11, 2003
- A Gay Marriage Decision?, by Dale Carpenter, November 27, 2003
- Arnold and the Paranoid Style in Gay Politics, by Dale Carpenter, October 16, 2003
- The Mainstream Case Against the Federal Marriage Amendment, by Dale Carpenter, September 18, 2003
- I Have a Dream ... of What?, by Dale Carpenter, September 4, 2003
- Marriage: Mend It, Don't End It, by Dale Carpenter, August 7, 2003
- After Santorum, by Dale Carpenter, May 1, 2003
- The State of the Religious Right, by Dale Carpenter, March 6, 2003
- Lone Star Hate, by Dale Carpenter, January 23, 2003
- Victory From Defeat: Ten Years After Amendment 2, by Dale Carpenter, October 17, 2002
- Keep the Pride, Ditch the Parade, by Dale Carpenter, July 11, 2002
- The Nostalgia of the Queer Left, by Dale Carpenter, June 13, 2002
- Gay Marriage and the Catholic Priest Scandal, by Dale Carpenter, May 30, 2002
- Why A Dead Dutch Politician Matters, by Dale Carpenter, May 16, 2002
- The Mistake of 'GLBT', by Dale Carpenter, April 4, 2002
- The Myth of a Transgender Stonewall, by Dale Carpenter, March 7, 2002
- Three Blows against Gay Victimhood, by Dale Carpenter, December 13, 2001
- More Follies of the Anti-War Gay Left, by Dale Carpenter, November 15, 2001
- Left Out, by Dale Carpenter, October 18, 2001
- The First Amendment to the Rescue, by Dale Carpenter, September 6, 2001
- Straight Talk about Going Straight, by Dale Carpenter, May 17, 2001
- Defying Left and Right, by Dale Carpenter, April 19, 2001
- Gay Cuba Libre!, by Dale Carpenter, March 8, 2001
- Educating Gays, by Dale Carpenter, February 8, 2001
- Bush's Tolerance, by Dale Carpenter, August 14, 2000
- The Scouts' Rights — and Ours, by Dale Carpenter, July 13, 2000
- The Fear of Being Ordinary, by Dale Carpenter, May 4, 2000
- Some Advice to Gay Conservatives, by Dale Carpenter, January 31, 2000
- Gays in the Military Showers, by Dale Carpenter, January 17, 2000
- What the Vermont Court Did, by Dale Carpenter, January 3, 2000
- A Book that Made A Difference, by Dale Carpenter, December 20, 1999
- Headline, by Dale Carpenter, December 6, 1999
- Give Us Your Poor, by Dale Carpenter, October 11, 1999
- Gov. Bush, Sodomy-Law Defender, by Dale Carpenter, September 13, 1999
- The Moral Side of Gay Equality, by Dale Carpenter, August 2, 1999
- Building A Coalition of the Majority, by Dale Carpenter, July 19, 1999
- Mom's Gay Pride, by Dale Carpenter, June 21, 1999
- Some Principles of Gay Conservatism, by Dale Carpenter, May 24, 1999
- Gender Patriots, by Dale Carpenter, February 1, 1999