Religion and Support for Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
The Relative Effects of Religious Tradition, Practices, and Beliefs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2347460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew L Whitehead (0000-0001-6587-0996, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, corresponding author), L Perry (0000-0002-6398-636X, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA), Samuel L Perry |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 789-813 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192513x14536564 |
| OpenAlex | W2154597249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 49 |
This article examines the relative impact of religious factors on Americans' attitudes toward adoption by same-sex couples. Drawing upon national survey data, we fit logistic regression models and compute standardized logistic regression coefficients to estimate the relative net effects of religious tradition, practices, and beliefs about the Bible on support for same-sex adoption. Findings reveal that religious factors are among the strongest predictors of opposition to same-sex adoption, but that religious tradition has no significant effect on support for same-sex adoption once frequency of religious practice and beliefs about the Bible are held constant. Americans who more frequently engage in practices such as religious service attendance and sacred text reading are less supportive of same-sex adoption, and compared to biblical literalists, those who believe the Bible requires interpretation, contains human error, or is a book of history/legends are all more likely to support same-sex adoption. Findings suggest that religious affiliations matter less for predicting same-sex adoption attitudes than how Americans practice and hold their faith
Attendance · Church attendance · Faith · Logistic regression · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Sociology · Theology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
Religious Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting
Changing Perspectives? Public Opinion, Perceptions of Discrimination, and Feelings Toward the Family
French People’s Positions Regarding Same-Sex Couples’ and Singles’ Rights to Assisted Reproductive Technology and Adoption
Legislating and adjudicating the rights of LGBTQ youth in child welfare
Beyond the presumption of monogamy
Identifying Context-Related Socio-Cultural Predictors of Negative Attitudes Toward Polyamory
Same-Sex Adoption as a Welfare Alternative? Conservatism, Neoliberal Values, and Support for Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
Religion and Non‐traditional Families in the United States
Normative Pressure Affects Attitudes Toward Pornography
Attitudes to Practice
Let Them Be, Not Adopt
Is safe space safe? Being gay and college faculty across religious moral communities
Prevalence and Religious Predictors of Healing Prayer Use in the USA
Sociopolitical Contexts of Adoption for Same-gender Couples and Single LGBTQ+ Parents in the United States of America and Europe
Not on the Same(-Sex) Page
Examining the Social Tabooisation of Asexuality
Evidence for Hope
Examining Cohort Replacement Effects and Changing Attitudes Toward LGBTIQAN+ Individuals in Thailand
Repronormativity and the Reproduction of the Nation-State
Unbuckling the Bible Belt
Changing Identities of Religious People
Christian and Political Conservatism Predict Opposition to Sexual and Gender Minority Rights through Support for Christian Hegemony
Education and ideological polarisation
Role of social status factors & religion/secularization factors in views of homosexuality in five nations of the Middle East
Intragroup Differences of the Non-Religious
The Congregational Structure of Homonegativity
Competing Claims
Intragroup Differences of the Non-religious
Religion, Contact, and Ambivalent Attitudes Toward the Rights of Gays and Lesbians in Barbados
Homosexuality, Religion, and the Family
Attitudes Toward Parenthood, Partnership, and Social Rights for Diverse Families
A More Perfect Union? Christian Nationalism and Support for Same-sex Unions
Transracial Adoption, Neoliberalism, and Religion
Bible Beliefs, Conservative Religious Identity, and Same-Sex Marriage Support
Rejecting homosexuality but tolerating homosexuals
Somebody’s Children
Logistic Regression
Sex Differences in Attitudes Toward Homosexual Persons, Behaviors, and Civil Rights A Meta-Analysis
The sacred canopy
Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys
The Influence of Gender on the Placement of Children with Gay or Lesbian Adoptive Parents
Adoptive Parents’ Attitudes Towards Gay and Lesbian Adoption
Disapproval of Homosexuality
What about the children? arguments against lesbian and gay parenting
Politics, Religion, Attribution Theory, and Attitudes Toward Same‐Sex Unions
Sacred Rites and Civil Rights
Religion and Public Opinion about Same‐Sex Marriage
Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage
Conservative Protestantism and Attitudes toward Homosexuality
Recovering the Lost
Beliefs About the Origins of Homosexuality and Support For Gay Rights
Gender Gaps in Public Opinion about Lesbians and Gay Men
Cohort Differences in Tolerance of Homosexuality
Attributions and the Regulation of Marriage
Voting to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
"Atheists As "Other
Religious Organizations and Homosexuality
Racial Diversity, Religion, and Morality
The Relative Importance of Ethnicity and Religion in Predicting Attitudes Towards Gays and Lesbians
College Students' Views on Gay and Lesbian Issues
Logics of History
Religion and Declining Support for Traditional Beliefs about Gender Roles and Homosexual Rights
The Measure of American Religion
Gender and Marital Decision Making
Gender, Religious Tradition, and Biblical Literalism
Symbolic Traditionalism and Pragmatic Egalitarianism
The Desire to Marry and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Family Legalization in a Sample of Italian Lesbians and Gay Men
Attitudes Toward Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, and Casual Sex Among Working-Age Latinos
Primary and Secondary Socialization Impacts on Support for Same-Sex Marriage After Legalization in the Netherlands
Multiracial Church Attendance and Support for Same-Sex Romantic and Family Relationships
Homosexuality, Religion, and Science
Conservative Protestantism and Tolerance toward Homosexuals
American Piety 2005
Political Tolerance and God's Wrath in the United States
Religion, politics, and support for same-sex marriage in the United States, 1988-2008
Shaping attitudes about homosexuality
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |