The Evolution of Attitudes on Same-Sex Marriage in California and the U.S.

Daniels, R. Steven

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“…I display a meme of this quotation and ask the students what point Feldman was trying to make and the extent to which they thought she was effective in communicating that point. Next, I discuss with the class why the words we use about these topics matter and frame the topics in very specific ways that influence how people think about the issues and people involved (Daniels, 2015). We then compare and contrast the terms "same-sex marriage" with "marriage equality" and how each framing influences how the issues are perceived.…”

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Undergraduate students' attitudes towards marriage equality: Changes in an introductory family science course

DiGregorio,

Maurer

2023

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This study explored undergraduate students’ changes in attitudes toward marriage equality in an introductory family science course. Students enrolled in the course were exposed to teaching activities centered largely around prejudice and discrimination to examine their effectiveness in facilitating the development of more positive attitudes toward marriage quality. The results of quantitative analyses revealed that substantial numbers of students became more supportive of marriage equality over time in this course. Qualitative analyses of written open-ended student responses utilizing the constant comparative method resulted in three emergent themes: support of marriage equality, increased understanding of marriage equality, and opposition to marriage equality. Collectively, the findings of this exploratory study indicate that the teaching method utilized was effective in fostering the development of more positive attitudes toward marriage equality. Implications for future research, replication, and adaptation in other disciplines are discussed.

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Undergraduate students' attitudes towards marriage equality: Changes in an introductory family science course

DiGregorio,

Maurer

2023

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“…Researchers have identified several demographic factors that explain attitudes toward same‐sex marriage. In most studies, males, older respondents, Protestants, Catholics, church attenders, those with less education, lower‐income respondents, African Americans, Latinos, married respondents, those from rural areas, and southerners all had lower support for same‐sex marriage and were more likely to vote for bans on same‐sex marriage (Baunach, ; Daniels, , ; Dyck and Pearson‐Merkowitz, ; Egan and Sherrill, ; Lewis and Gossett, ; McKenzie and Rouse, ; McVeigh and Maria‐Elena, ; Pew Research Center, ; Salka and Burnett, ; Sherkat, de Vries, and Creek, ; Sherkat et al., ; Walther and Corbin, ).…”

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The Evolution of Attitudes on Same‐Sex Marriage in the United States, 1988–2014

Daniels

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective This article assesses the evolution of U.S. opinion on same‐sex marriage. Methods The analysis used multinomial regression on same‐sex marriage questions from eight surveys with more than 34,000 respondents by the Pew Research Center and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) between 1988 and 2014. Multinomial logistic regression analysis tested five hypotheses about the effects of ideology, partisanship, religious intensity, contact with gays and lesbians, and education on support or opposition to same‐sex marriage over three separate periods (1988, 2003–2013, 2013–2014). Results Religious intensity, ideology, partisanship, contact with gays or lesbians, the Millennial generation, and being born again influenced opinion on same‐sex marriage. Differences by region and religious affiliation declined in relative influence, whereas differences by religious and political values increased between 1988 and 2014. Support increased steadily from 1988. Conclusion Opinion on same‐sex marriage has shifted across all groups, but the increased gap in opinion presages continuing conflict.

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Same-Sex Marriage and Language Appropriation Practices of Lesbians

DiGregorio

2018

Journal of Homosexuality

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Legal marriage has vacillated between being a private agreement made by two individuals and an agreement of social significance under the state's control (Nokov, 2008; Smart, 2013). Presently, we are without a definition of marriage that serves our diverse population. The discourse surrounding same-sex marriage in the United States is a topic of interest, as explicit attention to communication in reference to these relationships has rarely been documented (Land & Kitzinger, 2005; Richman, 2014). Using a qualitative framework and semistructured interviews, this study investigated the relationship between marriage equality and its impact on language appropriation for 20 lesbians in varying parts of the United States. Analysis employing grounded theory and constant comparative method indicated that for this sample, access to legal marriage did not serve as a determinant for the adoption of language traditionally associated with marriage. Additionally, it indicated that marriage equality hinges on more than the support of the law.

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The Evolution of Attitudes on Same-Sex Marriage in California and the U.S.

Cited by 4 publications

References 38 publications

Undergraduate students' attitudes towards marriage equality: Changes in an introductory family science course

Undergraduate students' attitudes towards marriage equality: Changes in an introductory family science course

The Evolution of Attitudes on Same‐Sex Marriage in the United States, 1988–2014

Same-Sex Marriage and Language Appropriation Practices of Lesbians

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