The use and abuse of religious beliefs in dividing and conquering between socially marginalized groups
The same-sex marriage debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8715487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beverly Greene (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 698-709 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0003-066x.64.8.698 |
| PMID | 19899873 |
| OpenAlex | W2170351132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article discusses the use and abuse of religious beliefs and their role in divide-and-conquer strategies. Divide-and-conquer strategies are engaged to disrupt potential coalitions between and among marginalized group members, specifically sexual minority groups and people of color. Tensions between these groups have been exacerbated by the debate on same-sex marriage and comparisons between the discriminatory treatment of each group. A component of this discussion includes a brief exploration of one of the historical abuses of religious doctrine used to legitimize the marginalization of people of color and sexual minorities in the United States. For African Americans, one form of marginalization was reflected in criminalizing interracial marriage, and for members of sexual minority groups, a form of marginalization is denying group members the right to marry. The author also explores culturally competent and respectful disciplinary and clinical responses to religiously derived prejudice against sexual minority group members and people of color and discusses the implications for multicultural discourse
Criminology · Doctrine · Ethnic group · Minority group · Multiculturalism · People of color · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Race (biology · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Women of color · American Constitutional Law and Politics · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology
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Against Nature
It Really Is Not Just Gay, but African American Gay
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2019 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |