Sin, sex, and democracy
Subtitle: antigay rhetoric and the Christian right
By: Cynthia Burack.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791474051; 9780791474068
Subjects: Gays -- United States; Democracy -- United States; Homophobia -- United States; Christianity and politics -- United States; Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Homosexuality -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: we are family; title: Speaking right; title: Queer is as queer does; title: Defiling beds, hearts, and minds; title: Who're you talking to; title: Hate the sin; title: Being intolerant; title: Until the end of the world; title: Rapture ready; title: Know your audience; title: Narratives; title: Use your inside voice; title: The nightmare of homosexuality; title: Gay blades; title: Laying hands on chick; title: Behold the man (and his time); title: Chick lit; title: The devil and homosexuals; title: Sin of sins?; title: Marketing hate; title: Politics and witness; title: Pure rapture; title: Framing chick; title: Standing in the gap; title: Origin stories; title: Becoming queer; title: Saving homosexuals . . . and America; title: Being of two minds; title: Choice point; title: The narrative of development; title: What went wrong?; title: From development to compassion; title: The political work of compassion; title: Our parents and friends; title: Safety first; title: Feeling sorry for themselves; title: Getting what "we" deserve; title: Pick an enemy; title: And now we are terrorists; title: Setting the straight story; title: The politics of dessert; title: Where's the harm?; title: Bringing us all together; title: Afterword: another gay agenda; title: Listen up!; title: Out in the public; title: Another gay agenda; title: Abbreviation.