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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969555403321

Autore

Oldmixon Elizabeth Anne

Titolo

Uncompromising positions : God, sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives / / Elizabeth Anne Oldmixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2005

ISBN

9781589014787

1589014782

9781435631977

1435631978

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Religion and politics series

Disciplina

322/.1/0973

Soggetti

Church and state - United States

Culture conflict - United States

Legislation - United States

Legislators - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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