Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2018
Department
Communication
Abstract
This article analyzes the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, showing that a subset of the dissent constructed devout religious groups as victims to re-articulate power relations between the state, LGBT groups, and religious entities. This re-articulation is possible as a consequence of ambiguity in the legal concept religious liberty, which is explored in depth. That ambiguity is employed to mount an argument against the decision, moving LGBT individuals from oppressed to oppressor of religious groups. The study contextualizes this inversion against the material and symbolic conditions of both the LGBT, and devout Christian, communities in the United States.
Original Publication Information
Coker, C. R. "From exemptions to censorship: and victimhood following Obergefell v. Hodges." 2018. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies 15(1): 35-52.
ThinkIR Citation
Coker, Calvin, "From Exemptions to Censorship: Religious Liberty and Victimhood in Obergefell v. Hodges" (2018). Faculty Scholarship. 768.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/768
DOI
10.1080/14791420.2018.1424918
ORCID
0000-0001-6767-3398
Comments
This is the accepted version of the article that was published in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, volume 15, issue 1, in 2018.
Full article: From exemptions to censorship: religious liberty and victimhood in Obergefell v. Hodges (tandfonline.com)