Anti-Gay Rights
Assessing Voter Initiatives
Published on 30. August 1997
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-275-95461-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines anti-gay voter initiatives from both the political science and communication perspectives. In recent years, anti-gay initiatives sponsored by conservative Christian groups have been placed on the ballot in several states. This development provides an opportunity to evaluate the initiative process as a way of resolving public policy questions on this divisive topic. Using examples and data from Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Maine, Missouri, Florida, California, and Washington, the authors discuss the emergence of the new religious right and why anti-gay initiatives are sponsored by conservative Christian groups. Interviews with the leaders of the groups opposing and supporting the anti-gay initiative in Idaho and a listing of the measures themselves are included.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-95461-1 (9780275954611)
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STEPHANIE L. WITT is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Boise State University. Dr. Witt is author of The Pursuit of Race and Gender Equity (Praeger, 1990) and coauthor of The Urban West (Praeger, 1994). Her research has appeared in scholarly journals such as State and Local Government Review, American Politics Quarterly, Review of Personnel Administration, and Public Administration Review.
SUZANNE McCORKLE is Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs and Professor of Communication at Boise State University. Dr. McCorkle is the past president of the National Organization for Research on Women and Communication and the current president of the National Speech Communication Association Women's Caucus.
SUZANNE McCORKLE is Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs and Professor of Communication at Boise State University. Dr. McCorkle is the past president of the National Organization for Research on Women and Communication and the current president of the National Speech Communication Association Women's Caucus.
Content
Introduction No Longer a Sleeping Giant: The Reawakening of Religious Conservatives in American Politics by Steven Shaw Taking the Initiative: Anti-Homosexual Propaganda of the Oregon Citizens Alliance by David Douglass The Constitution as Rhetorical Symbol in Western Anti-Gay Rights Initiatives: The Case of Idaho by Daniel Levin The Idaho Anti-Gay Initiative: A Chronology of Events by Suzanne McCorkle and Marshall G. Most Fear and Loathing on the Editorial Page: An Analysis of Idaho's Anti-Gay Initiative by Suzanne McCorkle and Marshall G. Most In Their Own Words: Conversations with Campaign Leaders by Harvey Pitman Secular Anti-Gay Advocacy in the Springfield, Missouri Bias Crime Ordinance Debate by Ralph R. Smith Direct Democracy and Minority Rights: Opinions on Anti-Gay and Lesbian Ballot Initiatives by Todd Donovan and Shaun Bowler The Correlates of Tolerance: Analyzing the State-Wide Votes on Anti-Gay Initiatives by Stephanie L. Witt and Leslie R. Alm Romer v. Evans: The Centerpiece of the American Gay Rights Debate by Sean Patrick O'Rourke and Laura K. Lee Dellinger Bibliography Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: Text of Anti-Gay Initiatives Index About the Contributors