Rethinking the Secular in Feminist Marriage Debates

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ID12967463
AuthorsAda S Jaarsma (0000-0002-7860-2779, Sonoma State University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume4
Issue1
Pages47-66
Publication date2010-03-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-4788 • E-ISSN: 1911-4788
PublisherBrock University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26522/ssj.v4i1.1008
OpenAlexW1865076987
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

The religious right often aligns its patriarchal opposition to same-sex marriage with the defence of religious freedom. In this article, I identify resources for confronting such prejudicial religiosity by surveying two predominant feminist approaches to same-sex marriage that are often assumed to be at odds: discourse ethics and queer critical theory. This comparative analysis opens to view commitments that may not be fully recognizable from within either feminist framework: commitments to ideals of selfhood, to specific conceptions of justice, and to particular definitions of secularism. I conclude by examining the "postsecular" turn in feminism, suggesting that we can see the same-sex marriage debate not in terms of an impasse between differing feminist approaches, but in terms of shared existential and ethical affinities

Economic Justice · Epistemology · Existentialism · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Queer · Religiosity · Secularism · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions

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