http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif Secularism, religion, and the public sphere Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/01/09/practicing-sex-practicing-democracy/ http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/01/09/practicing-sex-practicing-democracy/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:00:24 +0000 Ann Pellegrini http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/01/09/practicing-sex-practicing-democracy/ Why is it that sex is such a central part of American political life anyway? Why, when The New York Times reported on the influence of “values” voters on the 2004 Presidential election, did the Times name only two “values,” both of them reflecting a conservative sexual ethic: opposition to abortion and opposition to “recognition of lesbian and gay couples”?]]> http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/01/09/practicing-sex-practicing-democracy/feed/ 2