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- Title
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR EQUAL RIGHTS? A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE.
- Authors
Gill, Jennifer N.
- Abstract
This study provides a qualitative analysis of competing narratives in current US debates over same-sex marriage utilising Fisher's (1984) Narrative Paradigm as an analytic framework. A wide variety of religious, political, and opinion-based Internet websites were evaluated to better understand the issues related to this nationally publicised debate. Once the two main narratives were identified, each narrative's rationality, as described by Fisher (1984), was carefully scrutinised and assessed. The analysis revealed that the pro-same-sex marriage argument had more narrative rationality than the anti-same-sex marriage argument, making it more logically consistent and persuasive. Implications for this research are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SAME-sex marriage; BELIEF &; doubt; EQUAL rights; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Gay & Lesbian Issues & Psychology Review, 2007, Vol 3, Issue 2, p109
- ISSN
1833-4512
- Publication type
Article