Origin Stories: Same-Sex Sexuality and Christian Right Politics

Burack, Cynthia; Josephson, Jyl

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“…In sum, it appears that Christianity Today writers have been moderately supportive of volitional beliefs, very supportive of environmental beliefs, and partially supportive of physiological beliefs. More critically, our findings suggest that consistent with what others have found (e.g., Burack and Josephson 2005), evangelical elites have indeed believed in a variety of possible origins of homosexuality. Bockmuhl (1973) definitely definitely definitely not unacceptable Lindsell (1973) definitely unacceptable "Metropolitan" (1974) definitely definitely definitely not unacceptable Charles (1975) definitely definitely unacceptable Batteau (1977) definitely unlikely unacceptable Sims (1978) definitely definitely maybe unacceptable "Homosexuality" (1980) likely unacceptable Minnery (1981) likely unlikely unacceptable Kantzer (1983) maybe maybe unacceptable Spring (1984) definitely unlikely unacceptable Frame (1985) likely maybe unacceptable Stott (1985) unlikely likely maybe unacceptable Cook (1989) definitely unacceptable Jones (1989) maybe likely maybe unacceptable Stafford (1989) definitely unacceptable Frame (1990) likely unlikely unacceptable Dallas (1992) likely maybe unacceptable Jones (1993) likely likely unacceptable Neff (1993) unlikely Alongside these observations related to the origins of homosexuality, the last column of Table 1 also reports each article's assessment of beliefs about the moral acceptability of homosexual behavior.…”

Section: Evangelical Elites' Beliefs About Homosexualitysupporting

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Section: Evangelical Elites’ Beliefs About Homosexualitysupporting

confidence: 91%

“…In particular, three distinct (although potentially co‐occurring) beliefs about the origins of homosexuality have often been suggested (cf. Burack and Josephson ; Engle et al. ; Herek ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In particular, three distinct (although potentially co-occurring) beliefs about the origins of homosexuality have often been suggested (cf. Burack and Josephson 2005;Engle et al 2006;Herek 2002). First, volitional beliefs argue that homosexuality is the result of an individual's prior sexual choices and thus is completely controllable.…”

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Evangelical Elites’ Anti‐Homosexuality Narratives as a Resistance Strategy Against Attribution Effects

Thomas

Whitehead²

2015

Scientific Study of Religion

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While attribution theory expects that beliefs about the origins of homosexuality are directly related to beliefs about the moral acceptability of homosexual behavior, we use content analysis of the popular evangelical magazine Christianity Today to show that evangelical elites have developed a series of anti‐homosexuality narratives that allow them to resist attribution effects. In particular, we find that even when evangelical elites have expressed belief in the physiological origins of homosexuality, such as the influence of genetics and/or prenatal hormones, their negative beliefs about the moral acceptability of homosexual behavior have not varied. We argue, then, that evangelical elites’ anti‐homosexuality narratives provide them with a strategy for influencing rank‐and‐file evangelicals, so that while allowing for a diversity of beliefs about the origins of homosexuality, rank‐and‐file evangelicals still have a viable mechanism for connecting these beliefs—whatever they may be—to negative beliefs about the moral acceptability of homosexual behavior. Our findings thus extend attribution theory, illuminate the potential power of moral narratives, and amplify the need for future research.

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Section: Evangelical Elites' Beliefs About Homosexualitysupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Evangelical Elites’ Beliefs About Homosexualitysupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evangelical Elites’ Anti‐Homosexuality Narratives as a Resistance Strategy Against Attribution Effects

Thomas

Whitehead²

2015

Scientific Study of Religion

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“…There is a significant body of research on US-based conservative and/or religious organizations and the Christian Right examining their domestic agenda and their growing transnational spheres of influence through participation in United Nations activities and in the World Congress of Families (Buss and Herman, 2003;Burack and Josephson 2005;Crowley 2007;Peterson 2011;Todd and Ong 2012). Political science has examined LGBT legal and policy recognition using cross-national comparative analyses to explore factors such as the impact of multilevel state institutions, the organization, opportunities, and resources of LGBT movements and Christian right and conservative opponents, and the impact of political cultural factors on legal and policy change (Buss and Herman 2003;Smith 2007;Fetner 2008a, 2008b;Fetner 2008;Nicol and Smith 2008;Burack and Wilson 2012;Pierceson et al 2010;Tremblay et al 2011;Holzhacker 2012;Rayside and Wilcox 2012).…”

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Resisting LGBT Rights Where “We Have Won”: Canada and Great Britain

Browne¹,

Nash²

2014

Journal of Human Rights

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) human rights are often assumed to travel from the core to the periphery, namely from the Global North to the Global South. However, these rights flows and resistances are more complex than a unidirectional model might suggest. Using a transnational perspective, we consider resistances to LGBT rights in places where LGBT rights are supposedly assured. In Canada and Great Britain, where various forms of equities legislation for LGBT people have been enacted, there is an increasing opposition to LGBT gains. The transnational circulation of these oppositional discourses can be seen in how Canadian and British organizations talk to, and about, each other and illustrate transnational networks that create resistances in the places where "we have won." This questions a sole focus on resistances in places that do not have LGBT equalities legislation, usually those outside the Global North and associated with "less developed others."

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Compassion Campaigns and Antigay Politics: What Would Arendt Do?

Burack

2009

Politics and Religion

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Compassionate conservatism is usually dismissed on the American political left as an empty slogan intended to mystify the real roots and aspirations of conservative politics. However, conservative Christian organizations and churches now conduct well-coordinated compassion campaigns on contested social issues such as sexual and reproductive rights. Through compassion campaigns, the Christian right also disseminates particular forms of political pedagogy regarding sexuality and compassion for followers who are subject to the movement's influence. Here, I turn to Hannah Arendt to analyze the politics of compassion at work in the ex-gay movement and in antiabortion projects such as Silent No More. This article presents evidence for a turn to compassionate pedagogies on the Christian right, analyzes these projects, and suggests ways that Arendt's political thought can inform our readings of conservative Christian compassionate discourse and political practices. COMPASSION CAMPAIGNSOver the last 15 years, the Christian right has matured as a social and political movement, and its compassionate pedagogies on contested moral/ cultural issues such as sexual and reproductive rights are one manifestation of that maturation. In some of its ideology and activism on sexuality, the Christian right has added softened rhetoric and a variety of

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Origin Stories: Same-Sex Sexuality and Christian Right Politics

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Evangelical Elites’ Anti‐Homosexuality Narratives as a Resistance Strategy Against Attribution Effects

Evangelical Elites’ Anti‐Homosexuality Narratives as a Resistance Strategy Against Attribution Effects

Resisting LGBT Rights Where “We Have Won”: Canada and Great Britain

Compassion Campaigns and Antigay Politics: What Would Arendt Do?

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