Religion and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage Among U.S. Latinos

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-56

  Ellison, Christopher G ^a   Acevedo, Gabriel A ^a   Ramos Wada, Aida I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

HISPANIC AMERICANS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551621665     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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