Sacred rites and civil rights: Religion's effect on attitudes toward same-sex unions and the perceived cause of homosexuality

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-79

  Whitehead, Andrew L ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74249119538     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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