The “gay marriage threat narrative”Increasing global support for same-sex marriage, but:Cultural backlashRemember: “threat narrative”- why do threat narratives form?“Moral panic”- occurs when “a condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests.” –Stanley CohenFamiliar questions: who is the other? Who is deviant and who is not?How is America exceptional?What kind of legislative reform precedes reform of marriage laws?What do other countries have in this sense that US does not?Why has the US gone the way it has?American ProtestantismLabor and Social CitizenshipGender and National IdentityDiscourse- “special rights”The “myth of the persecuted hegemony”DOMA- part of a larger historyWhy?“Marriage” and discourseMarriage- seen by some as inherently problematicWhy?Who does marriage “belong” to?Laws?Religious groups?US is also exceptional in the discourse in this wayIs marriage the wrong focus?Marriage and the Family 11/10/2011The “gay marriage threat narrative”- Increasing global support for same-sex marriage, but:o Cultural backlasho Remember: “threat narrative”- why do threat narratives form?- “Moral panic”- occurs when “a condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal valuesand interests.” –Stanley Cohen- Familiar questions: who is the other? Who is deviant and who is not?How is America exceptional?- What kind of legislative reform precedes reform of marriage laws?- What do other countries have in this sense that US does not?- Why has the US gone the way it has?o American Protestantismo Labor and Social Citizenshipo Gender and National Identity- Discourse- “special rights”o The “myth of the persecuted hegemony”- DOMA- part of a larger historyo Why?“Marriage” and discourse- Marriage- seen by some as inherently problematico Why?- Who does marriage “belong” to?o Laws?o Religious groups?- US is also exceptional in the discourse in this way- Is marriage the wrong
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