Political Science Civil Rights
Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2011
- Category
- Civil Rights, Gay Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Sociology of Religion, Lesbian Studies
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774820097
- Publish Date
- Mar 2011
- List Price
- $95.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774820103
- Publish Date
- Jan 2012
- List Price
- $34.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774820110
- Publish Date
- Apr 2011
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
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.
About the authors
David Rayside is a professor in the Department of Political Science and an associate of the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States.
Editorial Reviews
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 <EM>The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics</EM>
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