Totalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBarnard, Jaco
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-21T06:43:42Z
dc.date.available2016-01-21T06:43:42Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2016-01-19T08:32:49Z
dc.description.abstractThis article interrogates what it considers to be several totalitarian moments in the process that led to the legislation that authorised same-sex marriage in South Africa. The interrogation proceeds from three platforms which also form the basis of any believable theory of democratic politics, namely church / state separation, plurality and common (shared) citizenship. My argument is that Parliament - by introducing (and defending) the first draft of the Civil Union Bill (which deliberately failed to introduce a marriage regime for same-sex life partnerships) in response to the Fourie judgment - failed properly to consider all three of these fundamental aspects of democracy. This failure was complemented by more overt totalitarian moves on the part of several fundamentalist religious groups in South Africa that (ironically so) vehemently opposed the first draft of the Bill even though it did not provide for same-sex marriage. I conclude that democratic activism coupled with the strength of and commitment to the South African Constitution and to the decisions of the Constitutional Court ensured the successful evasion of these totalitarian moments while emphasising that the struggle against totalitarianism in South Africa is far from over.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBarnard, J. (2007). Totalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa. <i>South African Journal on Human Rights</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16470en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBarnard, Jaco "Totalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa." <i>South African Journal on Human Rights</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16470en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBarnard, J. (2007). Totalitarianism,(same-sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa. South African Journal on Human Rights: Sexuality and the Law: Special Issue 3, 23, 500-525.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-7203en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Barnard, Jaco AB - This article interrogates what it considers to be several totalitarian moments in the process that led to the legislation that authorised same-sex marriage in South Africa. The interrogation proceeds from three platforms which also form the basis of any believable theory of democratic politics, namely church / state separation, plurality and common (shared) citizenship. My argument is that Parliament - by introducing (and defending) the first draft of the Civil Union Bill (which deliberately failed to introduce a marriage regime for same-sex life partnerships) in response to the Fourie judgment - failed properly to consider all three of these fundamental aspects of democracy. This failure was complemented by more overt totalitarian moves on the part of several fundamentalist religious groups in South Africa that (ironically so) vehemently opposed the first draft of the Bill even though it did not provide for same-sex marriage. I conclude that democratic activism coupled with the strength of and commitment to the South African Constitution and to the decisions of the Constitutional Court ensured the successful evasion of these totalitarian moments while emphasising that the struggle against totalitarianism in South Africa is far from over. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal on Human Rights LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 0258-7203 T1 - Totalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa TI - Totalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16470 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16470
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBarnard J. Totalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africa. South African Journal on Human Rights. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16470.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Private Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal on Human Rightsen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/ju_sajhr
dc.titleTotalitarianism*, (Same-Sex) marriage and democratic politics in post-apartheid South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordstotalitarianismen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsmarriageen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsdemocratic politicsen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordssouth africaen_ZA
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