{"id":154,"date":"2013-07-13T16:39:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T23:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mischievousspiritandtheology.com\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2013-10-03T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T19:03:20","slug":"families-values-snapshots-queer-kinship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mischievousspiritandtheology.com\/tgt\/families-values-snapshots-queer-kinship\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Our<\/a>Book Description:<\/b><\/p>\n

Our Families, Our Values challenges both the gay community and American society to examine carefully the meaning of family values and the nature of social institutions such as marriage and the family. It asks you provoking, even disturbing, questions such as: \u201cIs it prudent for members of the Lavender community to mimic heterosexual marriage or define personal relations networks as families, when these institutions are rapidly collapsing?\u201d \u201cAre we attempting to mainstream American society into accepting different views of marriage and families?\u201d \u201cAre we subscribing to notions of sexual property that are inherent to the marriage ceremony and the institution of marriage, when we choose to be married?\u201d Despite the complexities of this issue, marriage constitutes a privileged position in western society, and, as this book shows you, without the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, there are many fundamental rights, as well as privileges, denied to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons.<\/p>\n

\u201cA strong, multifaceted response to the bigotry and ignorance that today fuel the virulent and all too violent culture wars. At the core of this book lies the celebration of real partnership and, thus, real family values\u2014community, empowerment, pleasure, and love.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Riane Eisler, Author, The Chalice and the Blade: Sacred pleasure and the Partnership Way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As Our Families, Our Values turns upside-down the widely accepted notion that only heterosexual people are entitled to get married, have sex, and rear children, you gain insight into personal struggles and affirmations that testify to the spirituality, procreativity, and wholesomeness of the diverse relationships of the Lavender community. You will also learn about various ongoing efforts to give religious pride to the various configurations of gay relationships, families, and values and the disruption of popular interpretations of the Scriptures that have been used to justify the oppression of sexual minorities. This book will intrigue you over and over again, as you read about:<\/p>\n