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Political Science Civil Rights

Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States

edited by David Rayside & Clyde Wilcox

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2011
Category
Civil Rights, Gay Studies, Sociology of Religion, Lesbian Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774820097
    Publish Date
    Mar 2011
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774820103
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $34.95
  • 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.

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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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