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Los actores religiosos participan crecientemente de los debates públicos contemporáneos. En América Latina al activismo de la Iglesia católica se ha sumado el de los grupos evangélicos. Este artículo compara dos procesos en los que participaron políticamente las Iglesias protestantes históricas en Argentina: la defensa de los derechos humanos frente a las violaciones de la dictadura militar (1976-1983) y el apoyo a la ley de Matrimonio Igualitario (2010) para parejas del mismo sexo. Nuestra conjetura es que la actuación de estas Iglesias en ambos contextos comparte rasgos significativos para explicar las modalidades de participación política (no partidaria).
Religious actors are increasingly participating in the contemporary public arena. In Latin America, apart from the Catholic political activism, we have to add the activism of different evangelical groups. This article compares two processes of political participation of historical protestant churches in Argentina: the Human Rights' defense during the military dictatorship (1976-1983) and the support to the same-sex marriage law (2010). Our hypothesis is that both historical processes share some significant characteristics to understand the styles of political participation of religious actors (not related to political parties): they adopted a public position in favor of both causes and formed alliances with other religious and nonreligious actors, among which they played a leadership role.
