Public Opinion and State Action on Same-Sex Marriage
Studies of state gay rights, same-sex marriage, and sodomy laws find weak links to public opinion, despite repeated findings that state policies reflect citizens' values, especially on morality policy. This study reexamines the link by testing new state-level measures of support for same-sex ma...
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| description | Studies of state gay rights, same-sex marriage, and sodomy laws find weak links to public opinion, despite repeated findings that state policies reflect citizens' values, especially on morality policy. This study reexamines the link by testing new state-level measures of support for same-sex marriage using data on 69,000 respondents to 57 surveys and estimating the impact of that support on passage of legislative and constitutional bans in models that include general citizen liberalism, elite attitudes, interest group strength, and state innovativeness. Previous research has underestimated the impact of public opinion, which has the strongest influence on legislative bans in this model. The strength of evangelical Protestant groups appears to matter more for amending state constitutions. |
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| subjects | Capital punishment Citizens Constitutions Employment discrimination Entrepreneurship Evangelicalism Gay rights Gays and lesbians Homosexuality Intellectuals Legislatures LGBTQ rights Liberalism Local government Marriage law Morality Political attitudes Principles Protestants Public Opinion Reforms Research Notes Respondents Same Sex Marriage Sexes Sexism |
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