For decades, agitation by lesbians, gays, and other sexual minorities for political recognition has provoked a heated response among religious activists, many of whom fear that moral decay is a necessary accompaniment to the public recognition of sexual diversity. For their part, queer rights groups worry about the policy ramifications of accommodating faith in the public sphere.
This remarkable comparative study explores the interplay of sexual diversity and religious faith in the United States and Canada, and examines how interest group mobilization, political party ties to religious constituencies, court rulings, public policy, and debates over sexuality within faith communities have contributed to conflict and bridge-building in both countries. A timely discussion of faith, sexuality, and political conflict, Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity reveals that, despite the presence of tenacious anti-gay sentiment, religious adherence does not invariably entail opposition to the political recognition of queer rights.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Is religion the primary impediment to LGBT equality? This book puts the popular hypothesis to the test with a comprehensive investigation of a range of religious positions and their insertion into the political realm. Here is the one-stop reference for religious debates on sexuality and how they impact the legislative sphere. - Barry Adam, co-editor of The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
33 tables, 18 graphs and diagrams
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-2010-3 (9780774820103)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
David Rayside is a professor of political science and former director of the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. He is author, most recently, of Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States.
Clyde Wilcox is a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is author, most recently, of Onward Christian Soldiers: The Christian Right in American Politics, 4th ed.
Preface
Introduction
1 The Difference that a Border Makes: The Political Intersection of Sexuality and Religion in Canada and the United States / David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox
Public Opinion
2 Culture War? A Closer Look at the Role of Religion, Denomination, and Religiosity in US Public Opinion on Multiple Sexualities / Shauna L. Shames, Didi Kuo, and Katherine Levine
3 A Twenty-Year Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Homosexuality and Gay Rights / Amy Langstaff
Evangelicals
4 "Civility without Compromise": Evangelical Attitudes towards Same-Sex Issues in Comparative Context / Samuel Reimer
5 The Pro-Family Movement in Canada and the United States: Institutional Histories and Barriers to Diffusion / Tina Fetner and Carrie B. Sanders
6 Evangelicals, the Christian Right, and Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States: Simple and Complex Stories / Clyde Wilcox and Rentaro Iida
7 Liberal, with Conservative "Vibrations": African-American Protestants and the Struggle over Legal Rights for Gay and Lesbian Couples / Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox
8 Canadian Evangelicals and Same-Sex Marriage / Jonathan Malloy
Mainline Protestants
9 It's All about Sex: The Roots of Opposition to Gay and Lesbian Marriages in Some Christian Churches / Pamela Dickey Young
10 Focusing, Framing, and Discerning: The United Church of Canada and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate / Roger Hutchinson
11 American Mainline Protestantism and Deliberation about Homosexuality / Laura R. Olson, Paul A. Djupe, and Wendy Cadge
Roman Catholicism
12 Catholicism, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States / Ted G. Jelen
13 Roman Catholics and Same-Sex Marriage in Quebec / Solange Lefebvre and Jean-Francois Breton
Non-Christian Responses
14 Paths from Emancipation: American Jews and Same-Sex Marriage / Kenneth D. Wald
15 Muslims and Sexual Diversity in North America / Momin Rahman and Amir Hussain
Political Parties
16 The Conservative Party of Canada and Its Religious Constituencies / David Rayside
17 The Politics of Marriage and American Party Politics: Evidence from the 2004 US Election / John C. Green
Rights Claiming
18 The Supreme Court of Canada's Attempt to Reconcile Freedom of Religion and Sexual Orientation Equality in the Public Schools / Richard Moon
19 Law, Sexuality, and Morality in the United States / Jason Pierceson
Conclusion
20 Cross-Border Parallels at the Political Intersection of Sexuality and Religion / David Rayside
Appendices
A Canadian Legal and Institutional Context
B US Legal and Institutional Context
Notes
References
Contributors
Index
