title: Homosexuality: representing the devil or a spiritual gift? Two opposing views in the same Marian devotion.
abstract: This article analyzes opposing discourses on homosexuality forwarded by two different Catholic social actors. These are linked to the messages of the Lady of All Nations, a Marian apparition site in Amsterdam.   These different actors are understood as competing moral communities ( Hunt, 2009 ), especially about the issue of what constitute European values. Both discourses can be seen as examples of the minoritizing yet universalizing view on homosexuality ( Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1990 , p. 85). The devotion to the Lady of All Nations serves as a site for promoting competing discourses ( Hermkens, Jansen, & Notermans, 2009 ).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Gender Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. jusa2009@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.forename: Catrien
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Notermans
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D009426:Netherlands; D012071:Religion and Sex; D029181:Spirituality