Preface
Introduction
1 The Difference that a Border Makes: The Political Intersection of Sexuality and Religion in Canada and the United States / David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox
Public Opinion
2 Culture War? A Closer Look at the Role of Religion, Denomination, and Religiosity in US Public Opinion on Multiple Sexualities / Shauna L. Shames, Didi Kuo, and Katherine Levine
3 A Twenty-Year Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Homosexuality and Gay Rights / Amy Langstaff
Evangelicals
4 "Civility without Compromise": Evangelical Attitudes towards Same-Sex Issues in Comparative Context / Samuel Reimer
5 The Pro-Family Movement in Canada and the United States: Institutional Histories and Barriers to Diffusion / Tina Fetner and Carrie B. Sanders
6 Evangelicals, the Christian Right, and Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States: Simple and Complex Stories / Clyde Wilcox and Rentaro Iida
7 Liberal, with Conservative "Vibrations": African-American Protestants and the Struggle over Legal Rights for Gay and Lesbian Couples / Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox
8 Canadian Evangelicals and Same-Sex Marriage / Jonathan Malloy
Mainline Protestants
9 It's All about Sex: The Roots of Opposition to Gay and Lesbian Marriages in Some Christian Churches / Pamela Dickey Young
10 Focusing, Framing, and Discerning: The United Church of Canada and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate / Roger Hutchinson
11 American Mainline Protestantism and Deliberation about Homosexuality / Laura R. Olson, Paul A. Djupe, and Wendy Cadge
Roman Catholicism
12 Catholicism, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States / Ted G. Jelen
13 Roman Catholics and Same-Sex Marriage in Quebec / Solange Lefebvre and Jean-François Breton
Non-Christian Responses
14 Paths from Emancipation: American Jews and Same-Sex Marriage / Kenneth D. Wald
15 Muslims and Sexual Diversity in North America / Momin Rahman and Amir Hussain
Political Parties
16 The Conservative Party of Canada and Its Religious Constituencies / David Rayside
17 The Politics of Marriage and American Party Politics: Evidence from the 2004 US Election / John C. Green
Rights Claiming
18 The Supreme Court of Canada's Attempt to Reconcile Freedom of Religion and Sexual Orientation Equality in the Public Schools / Richard Moon
19 Law, Sexuality, and Morality in the United States / Jason Pierceson
Conclusion
20 Cross-Border Parallels at the Political Intersection of Sexuality and Religion / David Rayside
Appendices
A Canadian Legal and Institutional Context
B US Legal and Institutional Context
Notes
References
Contributors
Index
