Acceptance of Gay Rights: A Essay

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Less than one-half of the respondents in the 57- to 90-year-old category thought that a homosexual should be allowed to teach in college or university. This is contrasted with less than 30% of either of the other two groups (with less than one-quarter of the youngest group feeling that homosexuals should be banned from teaching college).

Table 3

Cells contain:

Column percent

(N of cases)

Age Group

18-35

36-56

57-90

Row Total

Should an admitted homosexual be allowed to teach college or university?

4: Allowed

75.6 (8247)

70.1 (7995)

49.0 (4093)

66.3 (20335)

5: Not Allowed

24.4 (2663)

29.9 (3405)

51.0 (4256)

33.7 (10324)

Column Total

100.0 (10910)

100.0 (11400)

100.0 (8349)

100.0 (30659)

Means

4.24

4.30

4.51

4.34

Statistical Summary

Chisq-P (2)=1612.33, p=0.00

Right to Have Published Book in Public Library

When responding to whether a homosexual should have his book removed from a community's public library, significantly more people from the 57- to 90-year-old group felt the book should be removed than did other groups (Table 4). Over one-half of the oldest group thought the book should be removed, but less than one-third of other groups had the same opinion.

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Table 4

Cells contain:

Column percent

(N of cases)

Age Group

18-35

36-56

57-90

Row Total

Should an admitted homosexual have his book in favor of homosexuality removed from a public library?

1: Remove

26.1 (2858)

30.5 (3492)

50.2 (4257)

34.4 (10605)

2: Not Remove

73.9 (8068)

69.5 (7968)

49.8 (4215)

65.6 (20251)

Column Total

100.0 (10924)

100.0 (11460)

100.0 (8472)

100.0 (30856)

Means

1.74

1.70

1.50

1.66

Statistical Summary

Chisq-P (2)=1351.78, p=0.00

Morality of Same Sex Relations

When asked about the morality of sexual relations between two adults of the same sex, most people felt that it was always wrong (Tables 5 and 6). However, there was a stark difference between those of the oldest group and those of other groups. Few (11.0 to 12.3%) of the oldest group felt that it was not wrong at all, but at least 20% (to about 30%) of the other two groups felt that homosexual sex was wrong. Opinions changed only slightly when.....

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