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Uncompromising positions : God, sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives / Elizabeth Anne Oldmixon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne.
- Series:
- Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)
- Religion and politics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church and state--United States.
- Church and state.
- Culture conflict--United States.
- Culture conflict.
- Legislation--United States.
- Legislation.
- Legislators--United States.
- Legislators.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cultural factions are an intrinsic part of the fabric of American politics. But does this mean that there is no room for compromise when groups hold radically different viewpoints on major issues? Not necessarily. For example, in a June 2003 Time/CNN poll, 49% of respondents identified themselves as pro-choice and 46% identified as pro-life. But in the same poll, 81% indicated that abortion should be always legal or sometimes legal, suggesting that pro-life and pro-choice are not discrete positions but allow room for compromise.How do legislators legislate policy conflicts that are defined in
- Contents:
- Introduction: guns, race, and culture
- Seeing and believing in the foreground
- The culture of progressive sexuality
- The culture of religious traditionalism
- Choosing folkways
- Managing morality
- Cultural scuffles and Capitol Hill.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589014787
- 1589014782
- 9781435631977
- 1435631978
- OCLC:
- 290561148
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