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Quick, Bar the Gates!: Ohio's Issue 1 (Same-Sex Marriage Ban) and Religious Communities
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Note: This appendix provides coding only for variables not described in the text or tables and are listed in the order they appear in Table 8. Issue 1 activity index (dependent variable, Table 8) Giving one point for engaging in each Issue
1 activity listed in Table 2: informal discussion, formal discussion, taking a stand, and communicating that stand to others. It ranges in value from 0 to 4.
Political resources of the ministerial organization Sums the responses to the three political
resource barriers: limited access to public officials, limited funds to back an issue campaign, and limited member time to be politically active. Each is coded 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neutral, 4=agree, and 5=strongly agree, so the summative index ranges in value from 3 to 15.
Partisan match between clergy and congregation Is assessed by comparing the clergy’s reports
of their own 2000 vote with their perception of how a majority of their congregation voted. The measure equals 1 if that vote is the same (e.g., both voted for Bush) and 0 if not.
Belief isolation of the congregation Respondents were asked, “We would like your perceptions of
how members of your congregation compare to people in your community. How similar or different, on balance, is your congregation on the following items?” We used the first two items, “theological beliefs” and “political beliefs”, for a belief isolation index, giving one point if the respondent reported that their congregation was “about the same” on the two items (for both items, the other options were “more liberal” and “more conservative”). The index ranges in value, therefore, from 0 to 2 where a lower value signals more isolation.
Activity isolation of the congregation Using two items from the same question described under
belief isolation, “income and social status” and “political activity”, respondents were given a point each time they noted their congregation was the “same.” The index ranges in value from 0 to 2, where a lower value indicates more isolation.
Frequency with which clergy addressed Issue 1 “
How often have you addressed the following issues
publicly in any way in...the past year (2004)? 1=never, 2=rarely, 3=seldom, 4=often, 5=very often.
Mainline Protestant Those who self-identified with the following denominations: ABUSA, DOC,
ELCA, ECUSA, PCUSA, RCA, UCC, UMC, UUA.
Evangelical Protestant Those who self-identified with the following denominations: AOG,
Baptists, Brethren, CMA, Church of God, Community of Christ, CRC, GARBC, LCMS, Nazarene, non-denominational, SBC, SDA, UFMCC, UPC, Vineyard, Wesleyan.
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| | Authors: Djupe, Paul., Neiheisel, Jake., Sokhey, Anand. and Niles, Franklyn. |
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28
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PPENDIX
B:
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ARIABLE
C
ODING
Note: This appendix provides coding only for variables not described in the text or tables and are
listed in the order they appear in Table 8.
Issue 1 activity index (dependent variable, Table 8) Giving one point for engaging in each Issue
1 activity listed in Table 2: informal discussion, formal discussion, taking a stand, and
communicating that stand to others. It ranges in value from 0 to 4.
Political resources of the ministerial organization Sums the responses to the three political
resource barriers: limited access to public officials, limited funds to back an issue campaign, and
limited member time to be politically active. Each is coded 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree,
3=neutral, 4=agree, and 5=strongly agree, so the summative index ranges in value from 3 to 15.
Partisan match between clergy and congregation Is assessed by comparing the clergy’s reports
of their own 2000 vote with their perception of how a majority of their congregation voted. The
measure equals 1 if that vote is the same (e.g., both voted for Bush) and 0 if not.
Belief isolation of the congregation Respondents were asked, “We would like your perceptions of
how members of your congregation compare to people in your community. How similar or
different, on balance, is your congregation on the following items?” We used the first two items,
“theological beliefs” and “political beliefs”, for a belief isolation index, giving one point if the
respondent reported that their congregation was “about the same” on the two items (for both
items, the other options were “more liberal” and “more conservative”). The index ranges in value,
therefore, from 0 to 2 where a lower value signals more isolation.
Activity isolation of the congregation Using two items from the same question described under
belief isolation, “income and social status” and “political activity”, respondents were given a point
each time they noted their congregation was the “same.” The index ranges in value from 0 to 2,
where a lower value indicates more isolation.
Frequency with which clergy addressed Issue 1 “
How often have you addressed the following issues
publicly in any way in...the past year (2004)? 1=never, 2=rarely, 3=seldom, 4=often, 5=very often.
Mainline Protestant Those who self-identified with the following denominations: ABUSA, DOC,
ELCA, ECUSA, PCUSA, RCA, UCC, UMC, UUA.
Evangelical Protestant Those who self-identified with the following denominations: AOG,
Baptists, Brethren, CMA, Church of God, Community of Christ, CRC, GARBC, LCMS, Nazarene,
non-denominational, SBC, SDA, UFMCC, UPC, Vineyard, Wesleyan.
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