Pray the Gay Away The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays

Name: Pray the Gay Away The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays
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ISBN: 9780814786383

ISBN-10: 0814786383

ISBN-13: 9780814786383

Edition: 2014

Authors: Bernadette Barton

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In the Bible Belt, it’s common to see bumper stickers that claim One Man + One Woman = Marriage, church billboards that command one to “Get right with Jesus,” letters to the editor comparing gay marriage to marrying one’s dog, and nightly news about homophobic attacks from the Family Foundation. While some areas of the Unites States have made tremendous progress in securing rights for gay people, Bible Belt states lag behind. Not only do most Bible Belt gays lack domestic partner benefits, lesbians and gay men can still be fired from some places of employment in many regions of the Bible Belt for being a homosexual. In Pray the Gay Away, Bernadette Barton argues that conventions of small…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 8/22/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Bernadette C. Bartonis Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky.