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Book SynopsisWhile acknowledging differences between Canada and the United States in their political responses to religion and sexual diversity, this volume moves beyond stereotypes to pose larger questions and reveal surprising changes at the intersection of faith-based and LGBT rights claims.
Trade ReviewIs 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 PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface
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-François 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
