7 “The Land of the Free”: freedom and same-sex marriage in the Obergefell United States Supreme Court decision

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1 Emerging imaginaries: religion and nonreligion in same-sex marriage debates 1
4. 2 Sacred without sacrament: the regulation of same-sex marriage in Brazil 31
5. 3 (De)‌Imbricating state law and catholic heritage: contesting same-sex marriage in Argentina 59
6. 4 Same, same – but different? The road to same-sex marriage in Norway 89
7. 5 “Something old and something new”: same-sex marriages at the intersection of the liberal self-image and imaginings on the People’s church of Denmark 117
8. 6 Rights, freedom, and nationhood: marriage equality in Australia 149
9. 7 “The Land of the Free”: freedom and same-sex marriage in the Obergefell United States Supreme Court decision 181
10. 8 From christendom to pluralism in Canada: narratives of the past, imaging the future 211
11. Index