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This article extends recent discussions about the variegated character of American evangelicalism through a qualitative analysis of how issues of same-sex marriage (and gay rights more broadly) were viewed by one group of self-identified Christian evangelicals worshipping in New York City. Specifically, we draw on parish-based interviews and participant observation in one Episcopalian evangelical parish to discuss the extent to which its members accepted the framing of gay rights as civil rights, and how this framing allowed some parishioners to separate personal religious views from secular politics.

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Christian evangelicalism civil rights New York City same-sex marriage US Episcopal Church

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Same sex marriage,civil rights rhetoric,and the ambivalent politics of Christian evangelicalism in New York City

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