scholarly journals Partisan and religious drivers of moral conservatism

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Evans ◽  
Jonathan Tonge
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Religious Conservatism ◽  
Party Choice ◽  
Moral Attitudes

This article assesses the importance of religious affiliation, observance, faith and party choice in categorizing attitudes to two of the most important contemporary moral and ethical issues: same-sex marriage and abortion. While religious conditioning of moral attitudes has long been seen as important, this article goes beyond analyses grounded in religiosity to explore whether support for particular political parties – and the cues received from those parties on moral questions – may counter or reinforce messages from the churches. Drawing upon new data from the extensive survey of public opinion in the 2015 Northern Ireland election study, the article analyses the salience of religious, party choice and demographic variables in determining attitudes towards these two key social issues. Same-sex marriage and abortion (other than in very exceptional abortion cases) are both still banned in Northern Ireland, but the moral and religious conservatism underpinning prohibition has come under increasing challenge, especially in respect of same-sex marriage. The extent to which political messages compete with religious ones may influence attitudes to the moral issues of the moment.

Religious victimization as social empowerment in discrimination narratives from California’s Proposition 8 campaign

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris VanderStouwe
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Survey Question ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Proposition 8 ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Institutional Positioning

One of the premier social issues in contemporary US politics is that of same-sex marriage. This research explores language use and identity construction by same-sex marriage supporters through narratives of discrimination. This paper analyzes data collected through the non-profit Marriage Equality USA, wherein narrators respond to a survey question about experiences of discrimination during California’s Proposition 8 campaign, a statewide initiative that repealed the rights of same-sex couples to marry. In doing so, narrators use ideologies of religion and religious affiliation to: (1) construct a victim identity in relation to their experiences, (2) use this as a springboard to challenge their victimization, (3) establish opposition between individual and institutional positioning of religious identity, and (4) switch roles with their victimizers with respect to victim and empowered positions. In doing so, narrators use victimization as empowerment to convey a progressive position in an inevitably successful social movement.

Liberal and Secular or Protestant and Orange?

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-193
Author(s):  
Thomas Hennessey ◽  
Máire Braniff ◽  
James W. McAuley ◽  
Jonathan Tonge ◽  
Sophie A. Whiting
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Presbyterian Church ◽  
Church Of Ireland ◽  
Orange Order ◽  
The Church

This chapter examines the importance of the Protestant Faith and Church and of the Orange Order to UUP members. Whilst overwhelmingly Protestant, the UUP has always rejected the overtly fundamentalist, Free Presbyterian brand with which the DUP was associated for many years. The chapter analyses whether the Church of Ireland or Presbyterian Church provide most UUP members. The chapter then discusses the religiously conservative attitudes of members, assessing the extent of support for, or opposition to, the legalization of same-sex marriage and abortion, currently still prohibited (other than in exceptional cases for abortion) in Northern Ireland. The extent to which members offer support for ‘mixed’ (Protestant–Catholic) marriages and for unfettered marching rights for the Orange Order, will also be examined. Are older members, politically socialized in an era of fraternal Orange–UUP relations, still more sympathetic to the Orange Order? The survey data allow direct comparisons with the DUP.

Lapsed Catholics and Other Religious Non-Affiliates

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-105
Author(s):  
Carol Ann MacGregor ◽  
Ashlyn Haycook
Keyword(s):  
Church Attendance ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
American Catholicism ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Voluntary Behavior ◽  
Landscape Survey ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Religious Landscape

Lapsed Catholics are sometimes referred to as one of the largest religious groups in America, and yet we know little about what beliefs and behaviors may be associated with this social category. Using data from the Pew Religious Landscape Survey, this chapter compares the religious beliefs, social attitudes, and voluntary behavior of lapsed Catholics and other religious non-affiliates (nones, atheists, and agnostics) alongside lapsed evangelicals and lapsed mainline Protestants. Generally speaking, lapsed Catholics fall somewhere in the middle between practicing Catholics and those with no religious affiliation, but they are notably more liberal in their attitudes toward abortion and same-sex marriage. This study affirms the importance of considering the heterogeneity within the category of “nonreligious” by considering the lingering attachments people may hold to religion outside of church attendance. The chapter concludes by considering whether the glass is half full or half empty for those interested in the future of American Catholicism.

scholarly journals Ethnonationalism and attitudes towards same-sex marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette C Hayes ◽  
John Nagle
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Sexual Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Sinn Fein ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Negative Predictor ◽  
Positive Determinant

The issue of sexuality and human rights has generated increasing international attention in recent years. This is particularly the case in societies emerging from chronic ethnonationalist conflict, where scholarly debates on the impact of ethnonationalism on sexual rights, such as abortion and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people (LGBT), generate much controversy and division. It is with this disagreement in mind that this paper focuses on the influence of ethnonationalism on attitudes towards the legalisation of same-sex marriage and abortion. Using nationally representative data from Northern Ireland, the results suggest that while ethnonational identity is a significant positive determinant of attitudes towards same-sex marriage within both the Catholic population and among supporters of their main political party (Sinn Féin), it is also a key negative predictor of attitudes to abortion, albeit solely among Sinn Féin supporters.

scholarly journals The Brand Sustainability Obstacle: Viewpoint Incompatibility and Consumer Boycott

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5174
Author(s):  
Chih-Chien Wang ◽  
Shu-Chen Chang ◽  
Pei-Ying Chen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Comparison Information

Brand equity is critical for brand sustainability. Companies participate in social issues to maintain brand equity by making the brand easily recognizable, superior in quality, and favored and affirmed by consumers. However, the ideological incompatibility between a brand and consumers may induce the consumers to adopt boycott action, which is an obstacle to brand sustainability. Before adopting boycott action, consumers consider the opinions of themselves and those of others. The opinion incompatibility between consumers is an influential factor for the consumers’ boycott intention, while individuals’ Attention to Social Comparison Information (ATSCI) is a moderate factor. This article conducted three studies that explored the influence of ideological incompatibility and ATSCI on boycott intention. Study 1 and Study 2 conducted an online and an offline experimental design to investigate the consumers’ boycott intention when a brand holds a different view from consumers on a debatable issue—same-sex marriage. Study 3 focused on the influence of ideological incompatibility between consumers and their relatives and friends regarding boycott intention. Individuals’ ATSCI is considered as a moderate factor. Based on these three empirical studies, we conclude that when a brand takes a stand on a debatable issue, it may be taking risks for brand sustainability since some consumers might boycott it because of ideological incompatibility. High ATSCI individuals may choose to follow the opinions of others and change their boycott intention.

scholarly journals The legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor McCormick ◽  
Thomas Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
High Court ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Court Of Appeal ◽  
Law Making

The saga which led to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland offers some important lessons about the processes of law-making for that jurisdiction, together with broader lessons about how the European Convention on Human Rights could be applied in strategic litigation elsewhere. This commentary analyses four episodes in that saga. It begins by evaluating several failed attempts to achieve legalisation at the Northern Ireland Assembly, before considering two legal challenges which also failed in the High Court of Northern Ireland. The developments which eventually led to legal change through the Parliament of the UK are assessed thereafter, followed by an appraisal of the most significant legal features in a set of judgments handed down by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland shortly afterwards. It is concluded, in particular, that lessons in connection with how petitions of concern are deployed in the devolved legislature, as well as lessons about how the prohibition on discrimination contained in Article 14 of the Convention has been interpreted, are deserving of wider circulation and appreciation among LGBT rights campaigners in Northern Ireland and beyond.

A MULTIMETHOD APPROACH TO FRAMING DISPUTES: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ON TRIAL IN OBERGEFELL V. HODGES*

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-70
Author(s):  
Alex Espinoza-Kulick
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Legal Mobilization ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Multimethod Approach

Social movements scholars have widely used the framing perspective to analyze meaning-making related to social movements and contentious politics. Qualitative methods have helped to illuminate how activists frame social issues to combine meanings in strategic ways. By contrast, linear statistical modeling is ill-suited to analyze the interdependent and circuitous aspects of collective action frames. This study offers a multimethod approach that uses an abductive framework to combine techniques from computational text analysis and network modeling along with interpretive coding. I demonstrate this approach in the context of framing disputes through legal mobilization over the same-sex marriage in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. By examining Court discourse and amicus briefs, I show the coordination of similarities and distinctions among opposing social movement groups and elite actors. Future research can expand this method for both case studies and comparative analyses of movements.

scholarly journals Sexologist Training Could Have an Influence on Attitudes Toward LG Marriage And Parenting?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-52
Author(s):  
E. Viozzi ◽  
◽  
F. Tripodi ◽  
F. M. Nimbi ◽  
R. Baiocco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Ambivalent Sexism ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Accredited Schools

Objective: Negative attitudes towards same-sex families persist among health professionals. This study investigates the influence of educational programs in sexology (EPS) on sexism, homophobia and attitudes of sexologists towards lesbian and gay (LG) marriage and same-sex parenting. Design and Method: Data were collected on 552 subjects (376 F and 134 M); the EPS group was composed by professionals who had attended a training course in accredited schools by Italian Federation of Scientific Sexology (FISS). The protocol was computer-based and self-administered (15 minutes to complete). It was composed of: questionnaire for socio-demographic information; Ambivalent Sexism Inventory; Measure of Sexual internalized stigma for Lesbians and Gays; Modern Homophobia Scale; The Katuzny Same-Sex Marriage Scale; D’Amore and Green Same-Sex Parenting Scale. Results: The EPS group reported lower levels of sexism (F(1,401)=4.40, p<.05) and homophobia (F(1,401)=5.15, p <.05), a more positive attitudes toward LG marriage (F(1,545)=7.67, p <.01) and same-sex parenting (F(1,545)=17.34; p<.001). In particular, participants in this group declared more favorable attitudes to specific pathways to parenthood, such as: adoption for homosexual couples, artificial insemination for lesbians, and in vitro fertilization for lesbians. Conclusions: Professionals who got EPS show more positive attitudes toward same-sex marriage and parenting. Having a specific training on these issues appears to be functional to the development of attitudes based on equal rights and not based on heterosexism. These results have important implications in both clinic and social issues related to LGBT health.

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