Determinants of electoral support for anti-gay marriage constitutional amendments: An examination of 2006 votes on ballot measures in the states

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1071-1082

  Burnett, Raymond Christopher ^a   Salka, William M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amendment; Ballot; Constitutional; Gay; Initiative; Marriage; State; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70449366615     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360903275476     Document Type: Article

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