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The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a
20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The
ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to
marry reflected growing social acceptance and political rights for
gays and lesbians. At the same time, America remains a deeply
religious country and many religious organizations have long
opposed same-sex marriage. How do religious organizations
interpret, process, and respond to shifting attitudes and public
policy toward the LGBT community? Examining how religious groups in
America have responded theologically and politically to the
legalization of same-sex marriage, the book provides case studies
from across the American religious spectrum to explore how each
group understands same-sex marriage and has reacted theologically,
socially, and politically to its new standing as a constitutional
right. Each case study focuses on formal statements made by church
leaders, incorporates original data gathered from interviews with
regional and local religious authorities, and analyzes existing
polling data of adherents at large. Offering a comprehensive
examination of religious responses to marriage equality in the USA,
this book will interest scholars and students in the fields of
religion and politics, civil rights, social change, and public
policy.
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The Beat Beneath My Feet (DVD)
Simon Lowe, Nicholas Galitzine, James Tarpey, Lisa Dillon, Luke Perry, …
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Discovery Miles 430
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A teenager befriends a disgraced rock star in this comedy drama.
When shy schoolboy Tom (Nicholas Galitzine) hears rock music
blaring from his new neighbour's flat the aspiring musician decides
to go in search of the person behind it. He discovers the
mysterious new resident named Steve (Luke Perry) is in fact a
former rock star who was declared dead eight years ago due to a
large unpaid tax bill and is now hiding on Tom's South London
council estate. After threatening to expose his secret, Tom
convinces Steve to teach him the ways of rock and roll for his
school's upcoming battle of the bands.
This book examines the outcome, dynamics, and lessons of the 2020
Democratic Primary. The authors examine how Joe Biden separated
himself from a crowded field of candidates, the role that primary
rules played in this process, the influence of gender and race on
the primary campaign, new developments with the Iowa Caucuses and
national party conventions, and what all this could mean for the
2024 election.
The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a
20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The
ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to
marry reflected growing social acceptance and political rights for
gays and lesbians. At the same time, America remains a deeply
religious country and many religious organizations have long
opposed same-sex marriage. How do religious organizations
interpret, process, and respond to shifting attitudes and public
policy toward the LGBT community? Examining how religious groups in
America have responded theologically and politically to the
legalization of same-sex marriage, the book provides case studies
from across the American religious spectrum to explore how each
group understands same-sex marriage and has reacted theologically,
socially, and politically to its new standing as a constitutional
right. Each case study focuses on formal statements made by church
leaders, incorporates original data gathered from interviews with
regional and local religious authorities, and analyzes existing
polling data of adherents at large. Offering a comprehensive
examination of religious responses to marriage equality in the USA,
this book will interest scholars and students in the fields of
religion and politics, civil rights, social change, and public
policy.
This book adopts a regional approach to understanding 2020
presidential election outcomes, taking into account the tribalism
that has come to define contemporary US politics and building a
path to 270 Electoral College votes. The authors employ qualitative
and quantitative methods to examine electoral outcomes in the
Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, and Northeast, enriching contextual
understandings of the national results and illuminating nuances in
public opinion, voter behavior, and party politics. From this
foundation, the book offers a comprehensive assessment of prominent
issues in the 2020 campaign, which fundamentally shaped and
reshaped the nature of the election. Scholars examine seven key
issues, including multiple crises that unfolded during the
campaign, to understand how these issues affected public opinion
and the 2020 campaign.
Luke Perry's inaugural Pivot in the Palgrave Studies in US
Elections series examines the impact of Donald Trump on the 2018
midterm campaigns in Central New York, particularly competitive
campaigns for NY-19, NY-22, and NY-24. Providing a contextual
foundation for these races-considering factors such as incumbency
advantage, history of party control of the seat, registered party
members, statewide electoral norms, fundraising, and polling-Donald
Trump and the 2018 Midterm Battle for Central New York then
analyzes the positions and rhetoric of these GOP reelection
campaigns, paying particular attention to the continuity and
variance in relation to Trump's personal, populist, and negative
campaign style. When examined alongside the results of the midterm
election, the outcomes illustrated how the president hurt more than
helped House GOP incumbents, revealed the quality of candidates,
proved how campaigns and grassroots organizing matter, and
demonstrated that moderate Democrats were more successful than
progressive ones.
This book provides a comprehensive explanation of how the Mormons
have transformed from a hated and persecuted fringe group to a
well-established world religion with viable candidates for all
levels of American government. The Mormon tradition is unfamiliar
and mysterious to most Americans outside of the religion, and
understandably generates much curiosity. Mormons in American
Politics: From Persecution to Power provides an intellectual
foundation of Mormon development and emergence in politics,
comprehensively examining significant issues and developments from
historical, theological, cultural, and modern perspectives. The
work analyzes diverse, contemporary topics including Mormons in
popular culture, Mormon understandings of the Constitution, the
Mormon welfare program, Mormon opposition to same-sex marriage, and
the global expansion of Mormonism. The book is ideal for scholars
and students of American politics, history, and culture; Mormon
studies; religious studies; and religion and politics; as well as
general readers who are interested in Mormon religion and culture
or the rise of Mormon figures in mainstream American politics.
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