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The Use of Faith in Legislative Decision-Making: Bill Sponsorship and Religious Liberty

The Use of Faith in Legislative Decision-Making: Bill Sponsorship and Religious Liberty

Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 33
ISBN13: 9781799868071|ISBN10: 1799868079|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799868088|EISBN13: 9781799868095
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6807-1.ch008
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Karla L. Drenner. "The Use of Faith in Legislative Decision-Making: Bill Sponsorship and Religious Liberty." Faith-Based Influences on Legislative Decision Making: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2022, pp.227-259. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6807-1.ch008

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K. Drenner (2022). The Use of Faith in Legislative Decision-Making: Bill Sponsorship and Religious Liberty. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6807-1.ch008

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Karla L. Drenner. "The Use of Faith in Legislative Decision-Making: Bill Sponsorship and Religious Liberty." In Faith-Based Influences on Legislative Decision Making: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6807-1.ch008

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Abstract

In recent decades, same-sex marriage has emerged as a national political issue. As a result, state legislators have sponsored and passed statutes on an array of issues directly related to this topic. This chapter investigates how faith influences an individual legislator's political judgment in the early stages of decision-making related to sponsored bills. The findings suggest that even while legislators' partisanship and ideology largely structure decision-making, conservative Protestant legislators are more likely to respond to threats by sponsoring a bill when issues involve morality.

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