Rings for the rainbow family: religious opposition to the introduction of same-sex marriage in Sweden
When Sweden introduced same-sex marriage in 2009, this change in legislation was preceded by a well-organized, professional campaign of an alliance of various religious leaders. Since political support for a gender neutral marriage law was substantial and public opinion in favor, the question that i...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electronic/Print Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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Theology & sexuality
Ano: 2017, Volume: 23, Número: 3, Páginas: 229-244 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Suecos
/ Svenska kyrkan
/ Casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo
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| Classificações IxTheo: | KBE Escandinávia KDD Igreja evangélica NCF Ética sexual |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Homosexuality
B Sweden B Church of Sweden B Same-sex marriage B Christianity B Evangelicalism |
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| Resumo: | When Sweden introduced same-sex marriage in 2009, this change in legislation was preceded by a well-organized, professional campaign of an alliance of various religious leaders. Since political support for a gender neutral marriage law was substantial and public opinion in favor, the question that is raised in this article is: what was at stake for the Christian opposition in its defiance of same-sex marriage? It is argued that through their “Protect Marriage” initiative, the marginal “free churches” confidently claimed a space for themselves in the Church of Sweden dominated religious landscape and the liberal values dominated political landscape. Paradoxically, it was precisely the overwhelmingly mocking, derogatory responses to the campaign which allowed conservative Christians to firmly position themselves in the debate. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "The time has come to think about sex and religion (2017)"
Kritik in "Civil marriage, same-sex couples, and religious freedom (2017)" |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2017.1351125 |