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MARRIAGE FOR SOME: EXPLAINING THE VARIATION IN GAY RIGHTS AND MARRIAGE POLICY AND OPINION AMONG STATES AND INDIVIDUALS
| Title: | MARRIAGE FOR SOME: EXPLAINING THE VARIATION IN GAY RIGHTS AND MARRIAGE POLICY AND OPINION AMONG STATES AND INDIVIDUALS. |
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| Name(s): |
Billman, Jeffrey, Author Pollock, Philip, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2010 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This research aims to answer a simple question: Why are some individuals, and some states, more willing to extend protections to same-sex couples than are others? Drawing from the literature, I perform a battery of quantitative tests on variables most commonly associated with gay rights and gay marriage policy development: liberalism, education, age, religiosity, authoritarianism, tolerance, urbanization, and moral traditionalism. While I find that all of these variables have a relationship with gay rights and gay marriage opinion, I argue that those associated with religiosity have the strongest pull. However, religiosity does not act alone; moral traditionalism, age, and ideology play particularly robust roles as well. In conclusion, I contend that the data show a strong likelihood for the continued liberalization of gay rights and gay marriage policy into the foreseeable future. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0003020 (IID), ucf:48352 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2010-05-01 M.A. College of Sciences, Department of Political Science Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
gay marriage public opinion authoritarianism tolerance traditionalism gay rights |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003020 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
