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Strangers in a Strange Land – By Caillean McMahon

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By Caillean McMahon Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance On this past Saturday, President Bush gave a radio address to the nation. In it he said that the committment of a husband and a wife promotes the welfare of children, that marriage could not be cut off from “cultural, religious and natural roots” without ending that “good influence upon society.” He called upon Congress to pass what can only truly be called the “Anti-Gay” amendment. The message to the nation that he proclaimed, coyly concealed, was that we are in essence not fit parents, that our relationships are unnatural, that we are outside of religious beliefs and therefore evil. In saying that heterosexual marriage is the only relationship form that is a good influence upon society he leaves the simultaneous message that we are a danger to society. Aside from the foolishness of his premises, given that there have been gays

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Community significance

“Strangers in a Strange Land – By Caillean McMahon” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to religion and morality, while also engaging family and relationships. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2006 at Transadvocate.com, “Strangers in a Strange Land – By Caillean McMahon” provides dated evidence of how religion and morality was being argued in relation to family and relationships. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

No dominant policy frame was detected in “Strangers in a Strange Land – By Caillean McMahon.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of religion and morality may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

Content analysis

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Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
100%
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Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
89%
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Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
37%
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Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
15%

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Legal analysis
100%

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Granular comparative context

How “Religion and morality” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2007.

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3 2005

7 2006

27 2007

9 2008

2 2009

14 2011

9 2012

22 2013

23 2014

2 2015

4 2016

7 2017

8 2018

3 2019

1 2020

1 2021

2 2025

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Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 249 inbound sources/citations