Un/Braiding Stories About Law, Sexuality and Morality

Authors

Margaret E. Montoya, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Abstract

Traditional doctrine insists that we tame sexual desire by pretending that goodness and Godliness is defined by celibacy and abstinence, but the Church is simply wrong to insist that we accept a theology that negates and silences and suppresses a central part of our lives. To the extent that we believe in a life after death, many of us have won a chance at Heaven not by denying and suppressing our sexuality but by struggling to develop our capacity to experience joy through sexual desire and to honor the responsibility of not generating misery for ourselves and others through that capacity.

Publication Title

Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review

Volume

24

First Page

1

Keywords

la Guadalupana, Alma Lopez, Sexuality, Sexual Identity, Art

Recommended Citation

Margaret E. Montoya, Un/Braiding Stories About Law, Sexuality and Morality, 24 Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review 1 (2003).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/50