Same-sex Marriage Research Articles

Attitudes toward Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage: The Roles of Parental Attitudes, Traditional Gender Role Values, and Filial Piety.

Past studies have suggested that people's attitudes toward homosexuality and same-sex marriages are influenced by their parents' attitudes toward homosexuality. The current study intends to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of these associations by proposing a moderated mediation model incorporating traditional gender role values as a mediator and filial piety as a moderator. One hundred and fifteen adults (33.9% male and 66.1% female) aged from 18 to 36 years (M = 21.47, SD = 3.78) from Hong Kong completed an online questionnaire. The results of the latent moderated structural equations model showed that filial piety significantly moderated the indirect effects of negative parental attitudes toward homosexuality on attitudes toward homosexuality and attitudes toward same-sex marriage via traditional gender role values. The indirect effects were only significant when filial piety was high or medium but not when filial piety was low. These findings unpack the mechanisms underlying the effects of negative parental attitudes toward homosexuality on attitudes toward homosexuality and same-sex marriage and provide the boundary condition for the indirect effects of negative parental attitudes toward homosexuality on attitudes toward homosexuality and same-sex marriage through traditional gender role values.

Equal marriage rights and the European Courts

The legalisation of same-sex marriage has taken off globally in the last thirty years, especially in Europe; thirty-three countries around the world, nineteen of which are in Europe, have opened up civil marriage to same-sex couples. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have also had their share of equal marriage rights cases before them to decide upon. This contribution discusses the role the two European courts have played in this field and how their case law has developed, in somewhat parallel stages, throughout the years.

A Cross-cultural Feminist Analysis of Dominant Discourse on Modern Chinese Marriages: Is the personal still political?

In view of China’s deepening engagement in Africa, I consider progress with regard to gender roles as a valuable measure by which to comparatively gauge the emancipatory feminist potential of Chinese and South African marriage practices. By way of cross-cultural feminist analysis, I thereby attempt to evaluate the institutionalised master discourse on gender dynamics within marriage in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In particular, this ideological critique will employ second-wave feminism’s “personal as political” theoretical lens, as well as both Jacques Lacan’s theory of discourse and Pierre Bourdieu’s distinction between orthodox and heterodox discourses. Additionally, the dominant discourse on marriage in the post-Maoist PRC is argued to be both oppressive (same-sex marriage remains illegal) and progressive (divorce by agreement is an administrative act). If therefore, the twenty-first century is indeed to be a time of Chinese global dominance, such investigations are pertinent to questions of global gender equality, as well as to cross-cultural social justice discourse in general.

Keabsahan Perkawinan Sesama Jenis Sebagai Gejala Sosial Dalam Perspektif Hukum Alam

The issue of marriage is always interesting to study, this is because what is regulated in marriage is the relationship between men and women as husband and wife. Furthermore, marriage also regulates the obligations of the husband and wife towards the children born of their relationship. In its development, marriages that occur in society are not only carried out between men and women, but have reached marriages of the same gender or gender, both marriages between men and other men as husband and wife, as well as women with another woman. The purpose of this study is to determine the validity of same-sex marriage in the perspective of the flow of natural law. The method used is the juridical-normative method with a statutory approach and legal philosophy. The results of this study are that the flow of natural law is closely related to divine morality. Good and bad, wrong and right, proper and inappropriate, are measured according to divine moral standards. Therefore, human behavior and/or regulations made by humans that deviate and conflict with natural laws cannot be accepted and/or cannot be referred to as laws. Thus, marriage of the same gender in the context of national and state life in Indonesia is unacceptable and invalid because it is not in harmony with divine moral values.

Anzac Day, Same-Sex Marriage and “Eternal Damnation”: Free Speech in the Australian Public Sphere

ABSTRACTRecent free speech controversies in Australia have given rise to deep-seated disagreement between protagonists. These protagonists seek to advance rival and conflicting imperatives in such controversies that are centred, respectively, on the defence of “free speech” and the need to limit such speech for the sake of competing ideals. This article seeks to investigate these competing imperatives and their relative priority by focusing on four recent speech controversies in Australia centred upon ANZACs, Anzac Day, same-sex marriage and “eternal damnation”. The article seeks to distinguish the four speech controversies along a number of dimensions, and to determine in which circumstances, and on what grounds, it is possible to prioritise one of these imperatives relative to the other, with the result that conclusions might be reached as to whether free speech, or limits on speech, ought to prevail.

The transference of family law to the Faroe Islands and the inter-territorial conflicts of laws in the Kingdom of Denmark: an appraisal

Abstract The Danish state or Rigsfællesskab is a decentralized state composed of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark proper. Differences among the family laws in force in the three parts of the Kingdom have existed for long, as not all laws passed by the Danish parliament have been implemented in Greenland or the Faroes. Since 2018, the Faroese authorities have assumed competences to legislate on family law. This article critically explores the legal structure and functioning of distribution of competences in family law in the Danish Rigsfællesskab, the transference of the field to the Faroe Islands and inter-territorial private law issues in family matters between Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. The topics of same-sex marriages, matrimonial property regimes and co-motherhood are particularly examined. The article identifies and discusses various incoherencies and problems of the system. The contours of the field family law and its interaction with other fields are imprecise. There is no well-stablished body to solve possible disputes on competences, which are, in practice, left to political negotiations instead of based on a clear framework. When it comes to inter-territorial private law, the uncertainty deepens. Inter-territorial private law is not a legislated matter and to what extent inter-territorial cases are treated differently from private international law ones remains unclear. There is virtually no coordination between the relevant authorities involved. Can we talk about one common inter-territorial private law for the whole Kingdom of Denmark? Can a decision from one part of the Rigsfællesskab face non-recognition in another part? Although the article argues against invoking ordre public, it acknowledges that the matter is not settled. The interaction between the family laws of Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands occurs within a framework that lacks clarity in its functioning and application. It evidences disorganization, inaction as well as little reflection on the Danish state as a decentralized state in family law. The result is legal uncertainty which negatively impacts citizens and may lead to situations of discrimination, forum shopping or limping status.

Varieties of Illiberal Backlash in Central Europe

ABSTRACT Abortion, same-sex marriage, gender equality, and LGBTQ rights have become hotly contested topics in Central Europe over the past two decades. Abortion rights have been rolled back, and the expansion of LGBTQ rights has been stalled or reversed. What explains the varieties of illiberal backlash in Central Europe? We argue that the extent of backlash reflects the strength of an alliance between socially conservative advocacy groups and political parties. However, we also show two factors curbing illiberal backlash: public opinion and a pluralistic moderate confessional political party. Both factors constrain illiberal politicians and dampen the radicalization of parties in power.

The Wages of Crying Roe: Some Realism About Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

The U.S. Supreme Court’s reasoning in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization cannot be taken seriously. The Court’s stated ra-tionale for rejecting continued protection of the abortion right—that abortion is not deeply rooted in nineteenth century history and tradi-tion—applies with equal force to other substantive due process rights that the Dobbs Court repeatedly insisted were not under threat even without considering stare decisis, including contraception, sexual inti-macy between consenting adults, and same-sex marriage. One should add inter-racial marriage and protection from involuntary sterilization to that list. Rather than applying its draconian version of the “history and tradition” test in a principled fashion, the Court decided the case based upon moral opposition to abortion and a failure to appreciate that abortion bans old and new are also shaped by gender bias, not just by concerns for fetal life. Further evidence for this realist account of the Court’s decision can be found in the Dobbs Court’s disregard of self-restraint both procedurally and in the opinion-writing process. It is not going too far to charge the Court with having acted lawlessly. A future Court will readily be able to explain why it is overruling Dobbs.

Equality, Dignity and Same-sex Marriage: Reflections on Developments in Hong Kong

Equality, Dignity and Same-sex Marriage: Reflections on Developments in Hong Kong

Same-Sex Marriage in Japan and the Role of Courts in a Dominant Party System

Same-Sex Marriage in Japan and the Role of Courts in a Dominant Party System

Research on news coverage and image of homosexuals in Taiwan

Taiwan has made tremendous efforts on the road of equal rights for the same sex through mass media, and the affirmative action since1990s. Although the Taiwanese referendum on November 24th, 2018, failed to pass the proposal of same-sex marriage, Taiwan is expected to become the first Asian region to legalize same-sex marriage in 2019. This article conducted Framing theory and Discourse Historical Approach to research on how news coverage changed when framing homosexuality during year 2005 to 2018 on Taiwan China Times, specifically in diversity of topics, referring expression, basic personal image and role attributes. And found that media's description of homosexual groups has gradually changed from negative to positive, and the media has a great role in building the social image of homosexual groups.

White Evangelicals and American Right-wing Populism

This article explores current right-wing populism as an ethical position from the perspective of many, though not all, White American evangelicals. The relevant ethics concern not only abortion or gay marriage (which, research finds, are not top vote-motivators) but views of society (who’s in, who’s not) and government (size and role). Building on ideational approaches to studying populism and incorporating historical and religio-cultural material, this article asks: What in White evangelical religious and political history and in present circumstances makes right-wing populism look to be the most ethical stance? In answer, the article explores populism as proposed solutions to the complex intersectionality of economic, way-of-life, and status-loss duress. It investigates how evangelicals, drawing in mediated ways from their religio-political history and beliefs, understand right-populist views of society and government as an ethical solution to these duresses.

Paradigm Shift in Design of Tongue Condoms for Genitals or Anal Foreplay and Oral Intercourse: The Game Changer ApproachPhase four Category

Paradigm Shift in Design of Tongue Condoms for Genitals or Anal Foreplay and Oral Intercourse: The Game Changer ApproachPhase four Category

Parallel Universes? Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For (1983-2008) and Diane DiMassa’s Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist (1991-1996)

Cartoonists Alison Bechdel and Diane DiMassa, writing in a socially and culturally heteronormative context, give life to a fantasy: worlds that, instead of excluding dykes from public space, are entirely organized around lesbian characters. Both reflect the debates within lesbian feminist groups, the tensions between lesbian and straight feminists, and the strategies that can be deployed in the face of discrimination. They create utopian (Bechdel) and dystopian (DiMassa) universes that parallel and question contemporary US realities. DiMassa presents a caricatured, degraded version of US society, focusing on its relation to minorities, as seen through the eyes of a “homicidal lesbian terrorist” intent on reclaiming their right to exist in the world. Bechdel’s syndicated bi-monthly strip is a twenty-five-year running commentary on US politics viewed from a lesbian perspective, that also discusses such feminist and/or LGBTQ+ issues as gender relations, the sodomy laws, trans rights, marriage equality, etc., and that shows her characters evolving on a number of these issues, as many Americans have since the 1980s. For all their provocation and humor, these comics from the margins have remained eerily topical.

Discrimination in the Enforcement of Homosexual and Heterosexual Partners’ 'Property Rights' on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation

Discrimination in the Enforcement of Homosexual and Heterosexual Partners’ 'Property Rights' on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation

Queering the Racial Other: Towards a Queer Africa

This paper aims to explore recent developments in queer representation in 21st century African literature. Africa’s history with the legitimization of homosexuality is complicit with politics of invisibility, silencing, erasure and rigid cultural ideologies. The Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) of Nigeria which was enacted in 2014 saw a furore among both old and new generation African writers who were embittered by the systemic erasure of LGBTQIA+ lives. Wole Soyinka’s portrayal of the mulatto Joe Golder in The Interpreters was the closest that an African writer had come to representing a non-straight, non-heterosexual character in the panorama of African literature. While the only accomplishment of Soyinka’s character remains a sympathetic portrayal of a homosexual, it also suggests the possibility of closeted queer presence in Africa. The beginning of the 21st century witnessed a bold flourish of queer literature - Chris Abani’s GraceLand (2004) and Jude Dibia’s Walking with Shadows (2005) present queer protagonists who struggle to come to terms with their queerness and radicalize anachronistic notions of gender and sexuality. Later works by new generation African writers have effectively succeeded in debunking the premise that ‘homosexuality is un-African’ on which the draconian SSMPA had been built. Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees (2015) reinvents the bildungsroman by placing a queer African girl as the hero of her story. Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji (2020) explores the liminalities of gender and sexuality, the rites of passage that presages the fate of self-identified queer people within a social context that is hostile to sexual difference. This paper will analyze how all these works re-write the history of African queer people into the nation’s body politic by strategically applying pertinent theoretical frameworks like race, gender and sexuality, biopolitics, politics of heteronormativity, and queer necropolitics.

Are Online Social Spaces Further Marginalising Minority Groups in Society? A Case Study of the Experiences of the LGBTQ Community in Ireland

Building on earlier research in engineering ethics, this study explores the extent to which automation in digital public spaces, contribute to the marginalization of certain citizen subgroups. This paper focuses on the experiences of the LGBTQ community in both offline and online LGBTQ spaces. We present empirical data gathered from the Irish LGBTQ community. We contend that this country case study, is instructive to the experiences of digital marginalization forces, in other countries and contexts. Ireland is seen as a world leader in LGBTQ rights since the legalization of same-sex marriage by public vote in 2015. In spite of these new freedoms, enshrined also in EU civil liberties, we present evidence that the LGBTQ online space lacks, a safe space for a diversity of genders and sexualities. We conclude that digital public spaces continue to marginalize these communities and we make recommendations for IFAC research and digital public policy.

Evolutionary Interpretation or Judicial Law from Strasbourg? The Development of a ‘Right to Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages’ by the ECtHR

Evolutionary Interpretation or Judicial Law from Strasbourg? The Development of a ‘Right to Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages’ by the ECtHR

Same-sex Marriage Ban and Firm Social Performance

Same-sex Marriage Ban and Firm Social Performance

Evropski sud za ljudska prava, član 8. Evropske konvencije o ljudskim pravima i priznanje istopolnih brakova sklopljenih u inostranstvu

The requirements put before the courts by sources that regulate human rights significantly affect functioning of the mechanism of Private International Law. This statement particularly applies to situations in which it is necessary to give effect to the change of personal and family status acquired abroad. The paper refers to the problem of recognition of same-sex marriages concluded abroad. It analyzes the most important decisions of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the obligation of the member states of the Council of Europe to provide legal protection and recognition to same-sex unions, in accordance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (protection of private and family life). The analysis shows that today it is undoubtedly clear that these states have a positive obligation to establish an adequate legal framework that would allow partners in a same-sex union to enjoy certain subjective rights. The obligation in question also extends to same-sex marriages concluded abroad and, when it comes to Serbia, requires immediate legislative intervention.