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Gay Civil Rights v. Religious Privileges: Bible Belt Religion and Politics Before and After Important Legal and Religious Decisions |
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During late 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Texas sodomy law, the Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, and the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples could not be denied marital rights. These groundbreaking events were cause for celebration among gay-rights advocates and consternation among politically and religiously conservative groups.
Two statewide surveys in spring and fall 2003 )and another planned for early 2004) bracket these events in the Bible Belt and provide insight into shifting attitudes and alliances regarding gay civil rights (housing, employment), gay religious privileges (serving as clergy, blessing same-sex unions), and gay marriage (an issue that spans both the civil and religious spheres).
The 2003 surveys revealed a significant decline in support for gay marriage (33 percent to 26 percent) between spring and fall. However, there was no significant change regarding civil rights (which hovered around 85 percent support). Race (white), conservatism, and religious attendance were all significant predictors for gay marriage. Furthermore, the role played by conservatism increased between the spring and fall 2003 surveys. By contrast, support for gay civil rights was generally strong across all political and religious groups. These results are consistent with findings by Kohut, Green, Keeter, and Toth (The Diminishing Divide, 2000) that the alignment of conservative religious and political values is continuing.
Additional data for fall 2003 indicate that conservatism, not religious participation, is the major predictor of whether gays should serve as clergy, whether clergy should perform gay-union ceremonies, and also whether females should serve as clergy. Clearly, then, the issue is about gender as well as sexual orientation. There were no significant predictors regarding whether the approval of a gay Episcopal bishop violated Christian teaching (78 percent agreed).
Data analysis will use sliced inverse regressions and linear Clustering, which specialize in subgroup explorations. |
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Name: American Association for Public Opinion Research
URL: http://www.aapor.org
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MLA Citation:
| Wyatt, Robert., Fan, David. and Blake, Kenneth. "Gay Civil Rights v. Religious Privileges: Bible Belt Religion and Politics Before and After Important Legal and Religious Decisions" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs, Phoenix, Arizona, May 11, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p115979_index.html> |
APA Citation:
| Wyatt, R. O., Fan, D. P. and Blake, K. R. , 2004-05-11 "Gay Civil Rights v. Religious Privileges: Bible Belt Religion and Politics Before and After Important Legal and Religious Decisions" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs, Phoenix, Arizona <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p115979_index.html |
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Abstract: During late 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Texas sodomy law, the Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, and the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples could not be denied marital rights. These groundbreaking events were cause for celebration among gay-rights advocates and consternation among politically and religiously conservative groups.
Two statewide surveys in spring and fall 2003 )and another planned for early 2004) bracket these events in the Bible Belt and provide insight into shifting attitudes and alliances regarding gay civil rights (housing, employment), gay religious privileges (serving as clergy, blessing same-sex unions), and gay marriage (an issue that spans both the civil and religious spheres).
The 2003 surveys revealed a significant decline in support for gay marriage (33 percent to 26 percent) between spring and fall. However, there was no significant change regarding civil rights (which hovered around 85 percent support). Race (white), conservatism, and religious attendance were all significant predictors for gay marriage. Furthermore, the role played by conservatism increased between the spring and fall 2003 surveys. By contrast, support for gay civil rights was generally strong across all political and religious groups. These results are consistent with findings by Kohut, Green, Keeter, and Toth (The Diminishing Divide, 2000) that the alignment of conservative religious and political values is continuing.
Additional data for fall 2003 indicate that conservatism, not religious participation, is the major predictor of whether gays should serve as clergy, whether clergy should perform gay-union ceremonies, and also whether females should serve as clergy. Clearly, then, the issue is about gender as well as sexual orientation. There were no significant predictors regarding whether the approval of a gay Episcopal bishop violated Christian teaching (78 percent agreed).
Data analysis will use sliced inverse regressions and linear Clustering, which specialize in subgroup explorations. |
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