Same-sex marriage goals reflect white middle-class priorities.

Evidence

Some goals of the gay and lesbian movement—in particular, same‐sex marriage—reflect interests of white middle‐class homosexuals, overlooking that this demand has little to do with non‐nuclear family arrangements in poor communities of color for whom marriage hardly provides economic benefits (Hutchinson, 2000). — Silke Roth, Intersectionality and coalitions in…, 202

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the reader’s survey test: this shows an ostensible universal goal (marriage equality) that actually encodes class and race position — a concrete case where ‘solidarity’ around a shared demand suppresses internal heterogeneity.
• XREF: connects to: White racial-egalitarian attitudes changed faster than modern gay-marriage support — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 317; CPS definitions apply white middle-class norms to families with differing community standards — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 10375

Broader Connections

• White racial-egalitarian attitudes changed faster than modern gay-marriage support #qualifies (0.72) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 317
• CPS definitions apply white middle-class norms to families with differing community standards #exemplifies (0.72) — , The Rod and the Child, 10375