NationStates Jolt Archive

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? That's tough, and because i'm not gay, I can't really answer that. I guess it's natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Person
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Person
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes to marriage. As for adoption, more for the childs interest (bullying, etc.) I say no, until the child reaches the age where they can understand the situation (eg. 10 years old) and can choose to be adopted by that family
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? Edit- oops, I read it wrong, I thought the question was "are you against gay people being...I'm for.
b. Primary school teachers?For
c. Army members?For
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? It's about right. They are battling for rights, so they deserve coverage, but any more would be saturation

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Non-practicing Catholic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? liberal by American terms
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...Caucasian.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? -It's natural, same as being straight
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc -lesbian lesbo or dike
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc -queer fag or faggot
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. -sure, they can do both, just don't try to marry or adopt me
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? -maybe, depends if he wants to turn the community gay or not
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) -no, I would look for qualifications, just as long as they didn't come on to me
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? -no
b. Primary school teachers? -no
c. Army members? -no
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? -too much, you don't see straight people in the news, so why should the homos get special attention

Are you under or over 40? -under
What is your social class? -social class? We don't have social classes in Canada
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? -was catholic, but I don't care about religion, haven't believed in anything for a few years now
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? -I'm Canadian, we don't classify each other as those
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... -English and french

1. natural. although it wouldnt matter to me if it was a choice.
2. lesbiam
3. gay man
4. yes gay couples should have the right to marry, adopt, etc as long as they have the same qualifications as straight people (minus the need to have 2 genders)
5. nope
5B. nope
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. no
b. no
c. no
7. enough
over 40
middle class
atheist catholic
socially liberal fiscally conservative
anglo american

Oh man are you part of the Sociology 101 class being run the Syracuse University's Project Advance? Because my class is and we're doing surveys now too. Just curious.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Both, depends on the situation.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc. That she is a homosexual, or a lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc That he is a homosexual, or gay.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. YES - they have as much right to marry and raise children as any of us.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? For.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Yes. It recieves attention because it is percieved as 'unnatural' religiously, which like it or not is what most society is based upon; thus, as interest, it recieves unwanted attention.

Are you under or over 40? Under 40.
What is your social class? Middle/Upper class.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Atheist.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Politically, none. With regards to actual meanings of words, liberal.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Caucasian.

Oh man are you part of the Sociology 101 class being run the Syracuse University's Project Advance? Because my class is and we're doing surveys now too. Just curious.

Are you a first year doing research methods? I'm a second year doing my final coursework - I'm still at college though - which in England is where you go when you reach 16. I'll be sitting it at uni next year though :)

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etclesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etcgay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. they should be allowed to marry if that's what they want but not adopt because not everybody is accepting towards gay couples and it would be wrong to put a child in a situation where they're going to suffer and be bullied because of the people bringing them up
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?no
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)no
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?not affected
b. Primary school teachers?not affected
c. Army members?not affected
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?not enough, because in order to understand issues like homosexuality you have to know about them and the media makes you awae, just as long as it's good media attention and not homophobic

Are you under or over 40?under
What is your social class?middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?don't have one
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?conservative
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... white english

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

1. Don't know. I just know I didn't choose it. I found out, didn't like it, then accepted it, don't care anymore - found my love and am happy. Why would anyone CHOOSE to be hated?
2. lesbian?
3. gay?
4. Sure. Equal rights for everyone?
5. No.
5. No, just the opposite. And I got excellent employees this way.
6. Alexander the Great was gay and so was Plato and Socrates. Was that good or not for humankind?
7. Don't understand, why there are still issues that need attention. Shouldn't we solve issues and go on to solve the next issue?

I'm 40.
Social class? Don't know. My grandparents were farmers, my parents factory workers, I'm Manager.
Not religious.
Ethnicity - European; color depends on the time of the year - white in Winter, tan in Summer.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Mixture, I have various gay friends who say one of these two
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Homosexual/Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes, why should we deny it to them? Yes, its a different type of relationship, but there is noting overtly wrong that I can see in it
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? Doubtful
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? I don't mind, if they want to be, they should be allowed to (although I think it should be purely based on merit)
b. Primary school teachers? I don't mind, if they want to be, they should be allowed to (although I think it should be purely based on merit)
c. Army members? I don't mind, if they want to be, they should be allowed to (although I think it should be purely based on merit)
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much. It's a different kind of relationship, just as interracial was considered a bad thing a while ago, so why does it matter?

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Christian (Church of England)
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Hybrid of liberal/conservative
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Caucasian English

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
Choice
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Homosexual; lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Homosexual; gay man.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Adopt: no. The government should get out of the marriage business altogether, replacing it with an economic union that any two people can enter into, carrying all of the economic benefits that a marriage currently does.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
Not necessarially.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
Not necessarially.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
That's a decision for the Boy Scouts of America to make.
b. Primary school teachers?
That's a decision for county school boards to make; against.
c. Army members?
I support the current policy governing personnel in the United States armed forces.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
Too much, but all minority 'issues' do.

Are you under or over 40?
Under
What is your social class?
Middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Born-again, Protestant Christian.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
Libertarian-leaning conservative; Ronald Reagan Republican

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...[/QUOTE]
Irish-Scots (not to be confused with Irish-Scotch

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Homosexual/Lesbian

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Homosexual/Gay

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes to both, they're people, and therefore should have the same rights as the rest of us

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For
b. Primary school teachers? For
c. Army members? For

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Just enough

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? None
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Caucasian

-too much, you don't see straight people in the news

So, I assume, when Bush arrives somewhere with his wife, that section is cut from Canadian TV? And, of course, there is not a single movie, where men and women kiss in Canada? Or have children?

Canada is really a strange country.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
---natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
---lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
---homosexual
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
---Yes, denial of such rights on the basis of gender is unconstitutional, in my opinion
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
--- no
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
--- no
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? ----- for
b. Primary school teachers? ----- for
c. Army members? ------ for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
--- just enough I suppose

Are you under or over 40?
under
What is your social class?
middle class (household income 120k / y or so
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
buddhism
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
dutch/norwegian

1. Being gay is a choice. If it was natural animals would be gay
2. Homosexual
3. Homosexual
4. No and No. It is not natural and the child would be beat up unless they are really strong
5. Yes
6. Against, against, For (Hey they still have to fight if they want to be members of a country otherwise they are hippies that should be deported)
7. Too much. It should have been put down a while ago
8. Under
9. Middle
10.Catholic
11.I am more of a humans should have very little rights.
12.White IndoEuropean.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

I don't see why "choice" would be unnatural, but since I know it's not a choice, then I'll go with "natural".

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

Lesbian.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc

Gay man.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Gays already do have those rights where I live, so yes.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?

Gays can be everything they want to be where I live, so, "for" on all three.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Not enough. The media are too heteronormative.

Are you under or over 40? Under 40
What is your social class? Middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? No, I don't have a religion.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Social liberal by US standards.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... I don't know, but my skin is white.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? I suspect, although the evidence is sparse on the subject, that it's genetic.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc. Lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc. Gay.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. I'm very torn over these issues, particularly the marraige issue. I honestly don't know at this point.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? Yes.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? Against
b. Primary school teachers? Neutral
c. Army members? For
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too little, I suspect.

Are you under or over 40? Over.
What is your social class? Not sure how to answer this question. I'm retired/disabled US military, if that helps.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? I'm a science-based universalist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Centrist.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Swedish/Irish/German/Cherokee Indian/etc. - certified mutt! :D

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? I'm not gay so I wouldn't know
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Person
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Person
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. While I personally believe gays should be able to marry, I also believe the government should get out of marriage altogether (I'm not sure if these two views conflict . . .). I believe gay couples should have the right to adopt a kid
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? No
b. Primary school teachers? No[
c. Army members? No
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? libertarian
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Caucasian

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

Definitely not a choice. Not necessarily natural in the sense of genetic determination in all cases.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

I generally say lesbian or gay woman/gay lady.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc

I generally say homosexual man or gay man/gay guy.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Homosexual should have equal rights under the law, in both cases.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

Not solely because of their orientation, no.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

Probably not. Though there may be certain jobs that would require straight people. Certain types of pornos, for example.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?

I'm neither for nor against any of those.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

The amount of media attention is fine. The general quality of media attention is disappointing.

Are you under or over 40?

Under, by twenty years.

What is your social class?

Currently, upper-middle. I've been moving up.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

Catholic Christian

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

I'm unusual. Centrist (in terms of American politics, a bit to the left, in terms of European politics, a bit to the right) with anarcho-capitalist ideals.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

My ethnic heritage is varied. Probably over 50% Anglo, and much smaller proportions of Scottish, Irish, French, Italian, Cherokee, etc.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural. I did not choose to be gay. Who would choose to be discriminated against?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Gay man. If he was cute, I'd say he was a sexy Gay man.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes to both. Simply because the major religions do not like Gay marriage does not mean gay marriage outside the context of those religions should be banned. I'd like a child someday, and I cannot concieve naturally, so yes, provided the child understands the situation, adoption is fine.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? Nope, I'd probably lean towards voting for them if they were gay.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Nope.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? Nope.
b. Primary school teachers? Nope. Gay men = fantastic with kids.
c. Army members? Nope.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Gay issues receive enough media attention, but the right-wing religious fanatics who are against us receive too much.

Are you under or over 40? No.
What is your social class? Working.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? I am an Atheist.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Liberal.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
I am not positive but I could not really imagine it being a choice.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
I believe they have the right to do anything a straight couple can do. There are a lot of heterosexual couples that aren't good parents and there are a lot of homosexuals who would make a good parent.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
For
b. Primary school teachers?
For
c. Army members?
For
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
Obnoxiously flamboyant gays recieve to much media attention, but for the rest I don't know.
Are you under or over 40?
Under
What is your social class?
Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
I am liberal, but I don't like being called "a liberal"
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
Caucasian

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
A: Environment, Nature and Choice all mixed up in one bag.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
A: Give me a camera so I can record it and distribute it to my friends kinda girl. Ahem. Lesbian.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
A: Queer or Gay depending on the company I’m in.

Hm, 2 and 3 indicate a double standard.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
A: Marry yes, Adopt, f'k no. I see no reason to screw with the system that has been in use by nature for thousands of years.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
A: Issues. If its a queer that will stop spending, I'd vote for his queer ass.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
A: Firstly, discrimination is legal you dolt. I'll hire the guy from Dartmouth before the guy from Harvard before the guy from Oxford before the guy from some state school. I'll hire the straight guy before the gay guy.


6. Are you for (yea) or against (nay) gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
Definitely against. The BSA is a private organization and has their own damn right to tell the gays to f'off or to hop on board.


b. Primary school teachers?
Neither for or Against. So long as the teacher is not a pedophile I don't care.

Army members?
Oh hell No. In fact being gay is fine according to the army, so long as you don't participate in any homosexual behavior. This isn't Sparta after all,

7. Do gay issues receive too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
A: Far to god damn much. For the tiny amount of the population they make up they receive thousands of times more media attention than justified. Note: Hot lesbians making out can never receive too much attention and is thus under-represented

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? 3 properties and 7 cars. Middle Class.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Lutheran
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Conservative
What is your ethnicity - Germanic by ethnicity. Californian err American by nationality.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Depends on the person I think some people choose others it is natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? I would say she was Clare
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? See above replace Clare with Harry
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. I really dont have an opinion, but maybe give the adoptee the choice if they are old enough to understand
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? nope
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)Nope
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?for
b. Primary school teachers?for
c. Army members?for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?Too much, I dont see it as news worthy

Are you under or over 40?Under
What is your social class?um.... middle/lower
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?No im Atheist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?I make up my own mind independant of each issue
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Australian.

What is your social class? 3 properties and 7 cars. Middle Class.
If thats middle class I change mine to lower/middle

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?--I'd say that it's on a case-by-case basis, some probably are, some probably aren't.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc--dyke
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc--queer
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. --No, but I'm completely fine with them having civil unions. As for the adoption, it is a definite NO, this mainly being for the childs well being, to avoid bullying at school, and to the psychological importance of having a father-figure and a mother-figure.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?--depends on their policies
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)--Depends on their merits
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?---as the BSA is a private organization, they have the right to choose who can be a scout leader and who cannot. As such, since their choice is no, then I'm going to support it.
b. Primary school teachers?--Sure, just follow a don't ask, don't tell policy
c. Army members?--Sure, just follow a don't ask don't tell policy
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?--They do, but the reason I think they receive too much attention is because I really don't care about it, I find it boring and mentally unstimulating.

Are you under or over 40? under 40
What is your social class? upper middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? vary between agnosticism and liberal christianity
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? moderate of sorts
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
White Anglo Saxon, Mixed Germanic--Ohio, US by nationality

A: Firstly, discrimination is legal you dolt.

1. Sorry buddy, we have a language barrier here - I'm guessing 'dolt' is 'idiot'?
2. Again, it's a culture thing...in the UK it isn't legal lol!

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc. chick, girl, person, lady...If someone were trying to hook her up with a man, then I'd call her a lesbian, yes.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc. See above, but replace feminine words with masculine.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Actually, I don't think that marriage should be something that the state has anything to do with at all, so theoretically this is a non-issue for me. However, the chances of legally-binding marriage being abolished anytime soon is fairly thin, so yes, I do feel that gay couples should have the right to marry. Marriage, in society, is viewed as the next step in the cycle of love, a validation of one's feelings for one's lover; we are constantly taught that marriage is to be strived for. I haven't seen any reasonable reasons as to why gays shouldn't be allowed to marry.

As for adoption, yes. There have been studies showing that children raised by gay parents have turned out perfectly normal, and having been friends with a few such children myself, I can say that those studies are right, on their accounts at least.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Nope.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? For.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? The San Francisco thing seemed enough, but I think that's the only time I've seen anything 'gay' on the news, other than the occasional spat over gay marriage. But then, I haven't read the paper in a couple of months...

Are you under or over 40? under
What is your social class? lower
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? no, I don't have one.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? libertarian
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White I Don't Know ;)

1. A choice
2. Perverted Sodomite
3. Perverted Sodomite
4. Gays should not marry, should not have civil unions, and should not be able to adopt
5. I would never vote for a sodomite
6. I would never hire a sodomite
7. a-Scouts have the right to refuse gays as leaders
b-Openly gay people should not be allowed to teach
9. Gays get too much attention because they claim its a civil rights issue. However it is not a civil rights issue its an issue if we throw away our morality or not.

Under 40
Upper class
Roman Catholic
Conservative
Irish/Italian

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out of respect of the thread starter I wont respond to this

1. Sorry buddy, we have a language barrier here - I'm guessing 'dolt' is 'idiot'?
2. Again, it's a culture thing...in the UK it isn't legal lol!

It is most definitely legal in the UK. As I noted, when someone applies for a job the boy from Oxford or the London School of Economics is discriminated in favor of the guy who can't read. That’s discrimination.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Clare
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Harry
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes, of course. There's no valid reason to not allow it.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No. I have voted for gay politicians. Some of them have been elected.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For. Although, that decision really is up to the Scouts.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? For.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too little.

Are you under or over 40? Under

What is your social class? The US does not have social classes. We have economic classes, in which case, I would be "poor"

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Muslim

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Liberal

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Native American

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
Natural

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Lesbian/gay woman

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Gay man/gay guy

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Yes to marriage, because why should society deny gay couples the rights afforded to heterosexual couples? Yes to adoption, because this will hopefully make gay marriage/gay adoption/gay people in general more accepted by society, and also there are too many kids out there who desperately need a good home, and if a gay couple can provide one then why the hell not?

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
No
b. Primary school teachers?
No
c. Army members?
No

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
I'm not sure on this one. Stuff like the gay marriage issue has received too much. I'm not saying this because I think that it's not important enough to have warranted such exposure. I'm saying this because certain people running for certain presidencies have used the issue to their own ends, and exploited the feelings of many people. On the other hand, many gay issues need to come right out and be fought for until gay people are given the same rights at heterosexual people.

Are you under or over 40? Under - I'm 16.
What is your social class? Upper middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Liberal with left leanings
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Half Indian on my father's side, very mixed-up Eurasian on my mother's side


Hope that helped you! :)

out of respect of the thread starter I wont respond to this

Why? You replied to mine.

If thats middle class I change mine to lower/middle

All 7 cars add up to 60k, 30k of it being made up by one Porsche. I'll you think about what the rest must be.

out of respect of the thread starter I wont respond to this

No, go ahead I'm curious.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? natural, although I think some people who say they are gay really aren't.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc?
lesbian or female homosexual.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc? gay guy, gay man or male homosexual.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. I think they should be allowed to marry. I'm not so sure I believe in adoption for ANYONE. People should raise their own kids. The real justifications for adoption are actually quite rare now. It's gotten harders since unmarried fathers were given veto power anyway.
People who for various reasons can't have kids together ought to accept that fact and stop fighting it so much so expensively.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
If they were my party's candidate I'd vote for them, as long as they were qualified for the job.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
I'd hire them if they knew how to do the work and got on with me.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? As far as I'm concerned they can be scout leaders, gays are very seldom paedophiles.
b. Primary school teachers? see above.
c. Army members? If anyone is stupid enough to accept that deal, more power to th em! Among the primates it's the gay troop members who defend the troop. Some very militarily talented people have been gay.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Almost too much media attention.

Are you under or over 40? 52.
What is your social class? rather poor. my ancestors were aristocrats who lost their lands.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Catholic with an attitude problem.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? FLAMEING BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL gota problem with that?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
rather mixed, one side of the family is Russian and Jewish, the other side is a mixed bag of Irish, Scots, French, Scandinavian,Polish,Hungarian,Bosnian, some Native American.

I think gay people male or female deserve a decent life. A lot of our culture is set up so that only certain people get a decent life. Only certain powerful, white males who belonged to the 'Skull and Bones' run things. Then there is everyone else.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
If by natural you mean genetically predetermined, then I'd go with choice. I think it can be influenced by genes, but is then also influenced by environment as a person's life progresses. Is it something to be switched on and off like a choice? No.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
lesbian..... and that you'd be weird for asking such a question in SF. :p

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
he was gay. not "a" anything. unless a gay man, although gay already implies he's male...

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
YES. Two people love each other, they can marry. They vow to live together and support each other = marriage. As to children, gay couples are quite loving parents and able to support children. I've watched children growing up with gay parents and they are quite well adjusted and prepared for their life.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
hehe... I might be encouraged to vote for them

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
oh hell no. *sigh* It makes me sad to think of people replying yes to some of these questions.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? NO
b. Primary school teachers? hahahaha NO
c. Army members? NO

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
I think there might be too much focus on the negative views and stereotypes of gay people. Quite frankly, I'm horrified that 11 (?) states banned gay marriages outright by fairly large majorities. But then there are few stories spread about how gay parents are wonderful parents or how gay couples are just like every heterosexual couple in how they operate.

Are you under or over 40? under
What is your social class? uh... working I guess
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? none
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White, American/European

1: Natural
2: Lesbian
3: Gay
4: Yes and Yes, gay people should have exactly the same rights as straight people, no exceptions.
5: No
6:
a) For
b) For
c) For
7. Too Little. (where I live) gay issues are mostly ignored.

I am under 40
Middle-Class
Agnostic
Liberal
Caucasian

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
It depends. In some cases it is a little of both.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
yes/yes
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
no
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
Discrimination is legal except in certain states like NY. I would hire gay employees.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
No
b. Primary school teachers?
No
c. Army members?
No
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
Too much, it is just a distraction from other issues, it divides the country.
Are you under or over 40?
Under
What is your social class?
Petty Bourgeoisie
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
No
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
Socialist
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
Irish/Italian

Episcopalian (the only fit religion foe an American.)


Bishop Gene Robinson must really eat at you then. In light of your church's stance, I suggest you either switch religions or re-examine your views.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc I'd use the adjective "homosexual," generally (just like I'd call her "heterosexual" if she were solely attracted to people of the opposite gender). I might also call her a lesbian woman.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc See above. I might also call him a gay man.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Absolutely - I believe any 2 single, consenting adults should be allowed to marry and have the rights/benefits (and responsibilities) that go along with marriage.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No - that would have nothing to do with my vote!
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Absolutely not.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? I feel that it doesn't matter whether one is heterosexual or homosexual - thus cannot be exactly "for" or "against."
b. Primary school teachers? See "a."
c. Army members? See "a."
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Hard to answer - I believe there is not enough intelligent media attention to the real issues - prejudice, limiting of civil rights, etc - and too much media attention to sensationalism.

Are you under or over 40? Under (23)
What is your social class? Upper Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? None
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? More liberal than not
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White

1. Natural.
2. A lesbian. But that wouldn't be the first thing that came to mind when i thought of her ie as someone else said-she's a person firstly.
3. Gay. Same thing as with Q2.
4. Yes, they can love each other just like a straight couple and they can support a child just like a straight couple.
5. No
5. No (you do know you have two 5s don't you?)
6. For or against doesnt really sound right. Saying 'for' would favour homosexuals which isn't right. I think they should have equal rights to do any job and should be treated the same and whether they have a job should be determined by whether they are suitable, skilled, qualified etc
7. The amount is fine, not too much, not too little. If I was too choose, I'd rather have more coverage than less. What's more important is better education, knowledge and awareness of the issues and the facts about it so there is less prejuduce, stigma and false ideas about sexuality.

Under 40-I'm 14.
Middle class.
Agnostic. Maybe humanitarian.
Liberal democrat.
White English.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

Natural inclination, but choice in practice.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

(An) evolutionary dead end.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc

The same as Clare

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Yes. Marriage is about companionship, a basic human social need.
Yes. Adoption is a way that our culture has for placing children in need of loving care in contact with adults who want to provide it.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

No.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

No.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? - no
b. Primary school teachers? - no
c. Army members? - no

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Too much. Gay people are people. To categorise them is to discriminate, either against them or for them. Being gay is simply a way of life that is concerned with the individuals personal and private relationships. Mothing more than this. There is no issue here, unless you are part of a group that wants to dictate how each individula should handle their personal and private relationships (e.g. fundamentalist religious groups)

Are you under or over 40?
Over, but only just.[

What is your social class?

Please explain how I should judge this. Profession / Purchasing power / Family / Sel f Image?

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

No I do not own a church/mosque/synagogue/place of religous worship. Wrong question. Whether I have a faith or not is another question. Yes I do, but not in any kind of God. Nor do I belong to any religion.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

Libertarian

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

Mixed Human, like 99.999% of the rest of the world's humans.

Bishop Gene Robinson must really eat at you then. In light of your church's stance, I suggest you either switch religions or re-examine your views.

If they want to follow this religion let them, without criticism. Religion and faith are to be freely chosen, not imposed by others, if they are to be meaningful at all.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Gay man
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes marry (why not? loving couples and all that) Possibly adopt, as long as they allow the child to make his/her decision on sexuality - no biased arguments like some hetero parents do
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? Nope
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Nope
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For. A convicted paedo is definitely a no-no, but homosexuals? Nope
b. Primary school teachers? For. Why? They gonna teach your child to be gay?
c. Army members? For.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Why does it matter? Whenever gay stuff appears in the news, there shouldn't be censorship or anything, but putting it in for the hell of it would be damn stupid.

Are you under or over 40? Under (18)
What is your social class? Huh? Er, middle class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Nope. Atheist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Liberal. Mostly
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White English

If they want to follow this religion let them, without criticism. Religion and faith are to be freely chosen, not imposed by others, if they are to be meaningful at all.

You missed the point. His whole stance on the homosexual issue is that they're diseased and should be locked up/chemically castrated (hard to castrate a woman, but whatever). Then he says he's Episcopalian and claims it to be the only proper religion for an American.

The Episcopalians appointed Bishop Gene Robinson, as you may or may not recall, who is openly gay. One of his church's own leaders and he wants to lock up/chemically castrate him.

It just makes no sense. It's like a hard-core Catholic saying the Pope should be tortured and shot.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Both

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc lesbian

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc gay

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes, then no. Concerning Marriage, do anything they want, but under some legal entity name. I don't believe gay couples should have children.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No, still vote if he's good

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No, still hire as long as she/he is capable

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For, actually neither, I do not careless if he/she is gay
b. Primary school teachers? Same as Above
c. Army members? Same as above

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much, they seem to want to be noticed and approved by everybody. For me, I rather care less about their sexual preference or what they like to do.

Are you under or over 40? Under 40

What is your social class? Probably Middle currently

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Christian, Protestant Charismatic

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Neither, I would probably be more middle and bending conservative because of the nature of my lifestyle and place of stay

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc Malaysian Chinese

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Gay.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. No and no. Marriage should be between a man and a woman, and children need both, a monther and a father.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? Against.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much, just too sensationalised.

Are you under or over 40? Under.
What is your social class? Middle.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Hindu.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Couldnt really care to assign my self to a single group.
What is your ethnicity - Mixed - White and Indian.

1. Natural
2. Lesbian or homosexual woman (or womyn, if she preferred)
3. Gay or homosexual man
4. The right to marry? - Yes. The right to adopt - if they met the same criteria applied to hetero couples (ie relationship and financial stability, good support, resources and homelife, etc)
5. No. A person's sexuality has no bearing whatsoever on their ability to perform a job and is nobody else's business.
5. No. See the other number 5 ;)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Neither for or against
b. Neither for or against
c. Neither for or against
7. Too much. As I said before it's nobody's business who people have sex with as long as everyone is a consenting adult. Discrimination against gay people is illegal here and there are more pressing concerns in my world than someone's sexuality unless it is affecting my family directly. "Speaking as a gay person......" is a sentence starter that should have died a long time ago. Too many people allow themselves to be defined pretty much exclusively by their sexuality, which I consider to be very self-limiting of them.

Under 40
working class/underclass ;)
No religion - it causes to much hostility. Spirituality is personal, religion has been corporatised.
According to that test so many people have posted in their sigs ;) I'm more lefty than the dalai lama :) . But some of my friends accuse me of being very harsh/right wing on some things (like paedophiles should be shot, there is no redemption for them. I am very serious about this) but generally I am fairly lefty libertarian, I think.
Australian - pink enough to be called "white ****" by idiot black racists, brown enough to be called "darky" by idiot white racists (someone who had known me for 2 yrs shunned me when he found out about my ancestry - loser)

You missed the point. His whole stance on the homosexual issue is that they're diseased and should be locked up/chemically castrated (hard to castrate a woman, but whatever). Then he says he's Episcopalian and claims it to be the only proper religion for an American.

The Episcopalians appointed Bishop Gene Robinson, as you may or may not recall, who is openly gay. One of his church's own leaders and he wants to lock up/chemically castrate him.

It just makes no sense. It's like a hard-core Catholic saying the Pope should be tortured and shot.

That his chosen religion is not attuned to his explicit beliefs, does not mean that he should abandon the religion, nor even that he should abandon his beliefs. He has every right to be inconsistant if he wants to be. Nearly all of us are in our belief structures.

It is most definitely legal in the UK. As I noted, when someone applies for a job the boy from Oxford or the London School of Economics is discriminated in favor of the guy who can't read. That’s discrimination.

Oh for equality of outcome, who cares about equality of opportunity. Let us all become card carrying true communists and distribute everything equally, regardless of ability or propensity, or even desire. No, I don't want 0.12% of a cellular phone. Tough luck buddy, you are getting one anyway, otherwise we would be discriminating against you. :p

"1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc..."

1. Good question
2. Lesbian, unless I found out it offended them.
3. Gay man, unless I found out it offended them.
4. Marry: it a fact that they shouldn't. Why would they want to take part in a religious activity, when the religion doesn't accept them in the first place?
Adopt: I suppose not, that is a case-by-case basis though.
5. If he was the only one whose POLITICAL positions I supported, then I would. Otherwise, I might vote for the heterosexual one, unfortunately.
6. ...
a. against, being an eagle scout, I can say showering, sleeping in a tent with a gay man would have been not too fun. Would you want your daughter doing those things with a heterosexual man?
b. not against
c. not against
7. Too much, because nobody cares.

Under
Upper-middle / college student
Christian
Maybe conservative, but don't care
Scottish

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...


1. None of the above. Like most parts of a persons personality, it is a mix of n ature and nurture (a genetic predisposition combined with environmental factors in your upbringing).
2. Lesbian or Homosexual
3. Gay person or Homosexual
4. Yes. Although, I personally consider a homosexual lifestyle to be sinful, I accept that others have different religions and/or points of view and shouldnt have to comform to mine. Therefore, they should be allowed the right to marry and/or adopt.
5. Not because he is gay or bisexual. But most gays and bisexuals who are public about it and run for office run on platforms that I dont agree with, and I probably wouldnt vote for them for that reason. Just like I have nothing against Republicans but wouldnt vote for most of them because most of them run on platforms I dont agree with.
5. No. What difference would their sexuality make?
6. I dont think it should be an issue in any of those cases
7. It was recieving too much media attention for a while, but it seems to have simmered down.

Under 40
middle
Christian
Liberal
Hispanic

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
Both. Persons differ.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Female homosexual or Lesbian. Sometimes gay. Always human.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Homosexual or homo. Sometimes gay. Always human.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Right to civic marriage - yes. That marriage is just saying you take responsibility for the others actions and allow the other to act on your behalf. Plus many tax and social benefits.
Right to religious marriage - depends on the religion. If it says no, then no.
Right to adopt: in principle yes. But if it is conclusively shown that being raised by homosexual parents is detrimental to the child due to factors other than social acceptance that would be a reason to deny them this benefit. Adoption agencies after all have an obligation to ensure the childs good future. But they are the ones who should decide this.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No - unless he or she uses it to masquerade inability to perform the job, or yells 'homophobe' every time someone disagrees with his/her views on grounds not related to his/her sexual preference.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No - unless he or she uses it to masquerade inability to perform the job, or yells 'homophobe' every time someone disagrees with his/her views on grounds not related to his/her sexual preference.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
Indifferent. Pedophilia would be a problem, but that would also be a problem if the person was heterosexual.
b. Primary school teachers?
Indifferent. Pedophilia would be a problem, but that would also be a problem if the person was heterosexual.
c. Army members?
For, as long as they respect the sensitivities of other soldiers and respect the rules on relationships the army has. Just like hetereosexuals with soldiers of the opposite sex.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
They get the wrong sort. The perfectly functional homosexual family gets no attention - everything is always heated debates and excesses.

Are you under or over 40?
Under.

What is your social class?
College student

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Hmmm.. does 'accepting the possibility of a G-d or superior guiding force, but not worshipping him/her/it' count ?

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
Just like the majority of the worlds population I fall outside this extremely limited-yet-way-to-broad-to-have-any-meaning-whatsoever spectrum. Put me on the left, what most of western Europe considers normal and the US would call 'communist'.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc..
White European.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural. Not only are there homosexual humans, there are homosexual animals as well as predominantly heterosexual animals that indulge in homsexual type play.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc A lady who happened to be a lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc A man who happened to be a homosexual.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Absolutely - homosexual people should have the same rights as anyone else.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No. My criteria would be to vote for the best party and person, according to their policies, not a politician's personal life (unless they were criminals).
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Absolutely not.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For
b. Primary school teachers? For
c. Army members? For
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much. All this nattering about some so-called 'gay agenda' is such crap. A gay couple getting married, divorced, or adopting, or a gay person getting a job shouldn't be news.

Are you under or over 40? I'm 34.
What is your social class? Good question. Who bloody knows. I grew up poor on a farm in northern BC, Canada, came to Victoria to go to university, and now have a decent job writing manuals for a software company at a reasonably good wage. You tell me.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Christian - in a non-churchgoing, spiritual, and basic moral standards kind of way. And no, not a creationist either.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? A Canuck liberal (small l not big!) I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... normal mixed up third generation Canadian. In my case, I'm Irish/Scottish/English on my mom's side, and Slavic on my dad's side.

Oh for equality of outcome, who cares about equality of opportunity. Let us all become card carrying true communists and distribute everything equally, regardless of ability or propensity, or even desire. No, I don't want 0.12% of a cellular phone. Tough luck buddy, you are getting one anyway, otherwise we would be discriminating against you. :p

You really need to learn the skills of comprehension jackass. Or become much better at letting people know when you are being sarcastic.

4. Marry: it a fact that they shouldn't. Why would they want to take part in a religious activity, when the religion doesn't accept them in the first place?

The thing is, at least in America, marriage is also a legal institution. You can get married by an atheist judge if you wanted to! So it's not just a religious activity.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
Natural. Why? Because, with the stigma against being homosexual, I don't think anyone would choose to suffer like that.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
I use the term lesbian.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
I use the term gay.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Sure, why not? If two people fall in love who gives a damn. If they love children, sure, they should be able to adopt (or if female, there's always AI). I know plenty of terrible heterosexual parents. The gay people I know are wonderful and would make excellent parents.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
I would probably be more likely to vote for that person, mainly because of the prejudice that they would have had to endure through their lives. I think it would make them more likely to be sympathetic to the lives of the masses.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
Heck no.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
I see nothing wrong with that.
b. Primary school teachers?
Again, no problems.
c. Army members?
I wouldn't care, but I think it would make their lives difficult. I feel the choice should be up to the person however.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the media, frankly. I do recall hearing too much about gay marriage and Bush and all that, and I thought the whole thing absolutely ridiculous. So I guess there is too much media attention, but that is true for every issue.

Are you under or over 40?
Under.

What is your social class?
I guess lower-middle class. Three-person family bringing home about $30 to $35 grand in the midwest. Maybe that's middle class around here, actually.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
I call myself a laid-back Christian.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
The definitions of these tend to blur, so I can't really say. I would guess that I would be considered a liberal, since I am very anti-big government and I couldn't care less what other people do as long as they're not hurting each other.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
White. A mix of German and Hungarian and even an ancestor from Transylvania (no joke) on my dad's side, on my mom's side I'm Dutch, French, Irish and I think a bit of Italian somewhere in there.

This was fun and interesting--hope it helps you out.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc homosexul or Gay depending on what I thought of him
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. yes. Why does every1 assume gays are unable to raise children? they cant be worse than half the straight parents we have - look at that couple who poisoned their adopted kid with salt.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? Nope
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Nope
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For
b. Primary school teachers? For
c. Army members? for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much - they should be no discussion they should just get equal rights. Until that occurs, as much attention as is needed

Are you under or over 40? under
What is your social class? Working I suppose
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Athist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? liberal mostly
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White British

Why does this quiz not have the most important question - Are you (IE the person answering the quiz) gay?

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

It's a natural thing. I believe it's MotherNature's way of controlling the population, along with disease, natural disasters and famine.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

She'd be a lesbian.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc

He would be a homosexual male.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Sure, why shouldn't they? How would they be any less fit to serve as parents than a heterosexual couple?

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

Only if they were an asshole like their heterosexual counterpart.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

Can he do his job? Then what the hell do I care if he's gay or not!

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
If he/she can do the job, then sure let 'em.

b. Primary school teachers?
See above...

c. Army members?
See above above...

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

I think that sometimes we need to tone it down; by overhyping it, it plays into the hands of those who staunchly believe in the "homosexual agenda", which is "wrecking today's society".

Are you under or over 40? Yes! 21.
What is your social class? poor Student
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Secular Spiritualist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Socialist
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... ethnic Canadian! *snicker*

1. Natural
2. Clare, but if i was referring to her sexual preference she'd be homosexual/lesbian
3. Harry/homosexual/gay
4. Yes to both; it's an issue of civil equality, sexual orientation has nothing to do with child-rearing skills.
5. No.
5. No.
6. a. For, but thats not my decision to make.
b. For.
c. For.
7. I suppose the current amount of media attention is the right amount; if the media ignored the issue, that would be unfair to those fighting for social equality. If they blew the issue out of proportion that would be bad aswell.

Are you under or over 40? Under

What is your social class? I'm currently in debt, but once i'm out of university and making money I'll be middle class.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? I'm undecided on this issue, I suppose that makes me Agnostic

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? In America I would be third party liberal. Borderline socialist.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Caucasian/Canadian

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
1. It's NOT a choice.
2. She'd be a human being, same as me.
3. ditto
4. They should have the right to marry, but adoption should be on a case by case basis---and ALWAYS with the wellbeing of the child as PARAMOUNT!
5. I would only be deterred if he/she belonged to a group such as NAMBLA, which advocates sex between adults and children, or had molested a child.
5. Only if the person belonged to NAMBLA or had molested a child.
6. a)Scoutmaster---possibly, as camping can provide a much too intimate atmosphere, but only if I were CONVINCED (witnesses, etc) he might molest children, and only if I KNEW beyond a doubt he WAS gay.
b) Primary School Teacher---probably not
c) Military---I served under gays (who had to keep quiet), and would do so again.
7. Too much---because most people take these issues the wrong way, and it ultimately hurts gays.
56yrs old
Middle Class
Jewish
Somewhat Liberal---depends on the issue
Mixed---White, Amerindian

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

I don't know and don't think it particularly matters.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...?

If I were describing her sexual perferences, I'd call her a lesbian woman.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...?

Gay man.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

I think anybody has the right to marry anyone else who consents to it, multiple times if they wish. I don't think that it is anyone else's place to say otherwise.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

It wouldn't be a factor.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

Unless it somehow prevented them from performing the task (porn film?), then no.

6. Are you for or against gay people being

a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?

No to all three.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

I haven't noticed it recieveing a lack nor glut of attention. I don't think the media does much to affect peoples view on the issue.

Are you under or over 40?

Under

What is your social class?

Lower-middle

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

No religion here.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

Extreme libertarian.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

White English.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

Like some others said...combination of genetic predisposition and (sometimes) environmental factors.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

Homosexual/Lesbian

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc

Homosexual/gay man

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Absolutely a yes. There's no reason to forbid homosexuals from marrying those they love. As for adoption-studies show that children raised by homosexuals are normal in every way. And, as you might expect, more tolerant than many others.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

Provided I agreed with this politicians platform, nope.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

As long as they're qualified, I really don't care who they love.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
For

b. Primary school teachers?
For

c. Army members?
For
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Well, here in AZ we tend to just get the shrieking-far-right-nutcase side, so I'd say that gay issues don't receive enough good coverage here these days.

Are you under or over 40? 16. That would be "under"
What is your social class? Upper-middle.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Atheist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Left-liberal (or modern socialist)
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Dutch & Russian. I think.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes- the state should be wholly secular and not controlled by a zealous religious minority
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? Pro
b. Primary school teachers? Pro
c. Army members? Pro
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too little- people are still fucking idiots when it comes to sexuality, constantly banging on about it being a "lifestyle" and confusing homosexuals with paedophiles

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Upper middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Christian
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? I'm neither, I'm a socialist
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White English

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc if we're talking about sexual orientation, homosexual. if we're just talking about her as a person, depending on her age and how close a friend she is, Clare/chick/girl/lady/woman/ma'am
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Again, depends on context. See 2. He's a homosexual, but depending on context, Harry/guy/dude/man/sir
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Government shouldn't be in the marriage business. Everyone should get goverment-issued civil unions, and then it's up to each religion's decision as marriage. Why shouldn't gay couples adopt? Given that they meet the same criteria as heterosexual couples do, I see nothing wrong with it, especially when you consider the enormous numbers of children in foster care/awaiting adoption.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? I (will) vote based on issues. If this person were a Log Cabin Republican, chances are I wouldn't vote for him, because I'd disagree with his policies.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Nope
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? Well, the BSA is a private organization, so it's up to them. But personally, I have no problem with it, as long as he doesn't make the scouts/their families feel uncomfortable. A scout could always seek out another troop if they have real issues, I suppose. And there are straight pedophiles too, after all.
b. Primary school teachers? Same thing as a, but if it's a public school, then the government should not discriminate - only hire people solely based on their qualifications.
c. Army members? Honestly I see no reason why a gay person would want to live in such a macho environment, but if they want to, sure. Remember when the armed forces had to dismiss a bunch of Arabic linguists because they were gay?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much negative media - it seems to go between the gay marriage debate and flamboyant gay pride stuff, which I have no problem with but creates a very bad image in some people's minds. If the media managed to portray homosexuals as ordinary people, not sexually promiscuous or overly radical, then we'd be a long way towards equality.

Are you under or over 40? under (17)
What is your social class? Working/poor - although that's more of an economic class. Everyone's in the "middle" social class in the US, it seems.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? raised Catholic, currently agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? progressive/liberal without the stupid connotations it's picked up
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Caucasion mutt...some Czech, a lot of Italian, some Russian...call me white.

And while the survey didn't ask, I'm straight.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
choice
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
poof
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
yes they should, in both cases, as they are EXACTLY the same as everyone else.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
no
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
no
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
for
b. Primary school teachers?
for
c. Army members?
for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
just enough, as i said before, they are the sameas everyone else, so they should not recieve more or less media coverage than anyone else
Are you under or over 40?
under
What is your social class?
i would guess working/middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
no i dont
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
well im a socialist if that helps?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
white british

You missed the point. His whole stance on the homosexual issue is that they're diseased and should be locked up/chemically castrated (hard to castrate a woman, but whatever). Then he says he's Episcopalian and claims it to be the only proper religion for an American.

The Episcopalians appointed Bishop Gene Robinson, as you may or may not recall, who is openly gay. One of his church's own leaders and he wants to lock up/chemically castrate him.

It just makes no sense. It's like a hard-core Catholic saying the Pope should be tortured and shot.

Who died and made you arch-bishop. I don't tell you about Islam do I? Or are you an expert on episcopalianism now?

Just because the episcopalian church makes a mistake by appointing a jenny wren as a bishop, doesn't mean I'm going to say the theology of the whole religion must be crap. Jesus, that would be like condemning the whole of Islam because some imam's supported 9/11. Or is that type of thinking logical now?

The episcopalian Church makes mistakes, becauase it is run by people, and people get things wrong sometimes. Nevertheless if you study its central tenets you will see that it is the only fit religion for an American. (Even you would like bits of it.)

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? human
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? human
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt -
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? As I am an anarchist, I really don't believe in voting, but if I wasn't, I would vote for them, anyway
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Nope
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For
b. Primary school teachers? For
c. Army members? for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? They recieve just enough

Are you under or over 40? under (17)
What is your social class? Working class
Do you have a religion - No, not really
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Anarchist
What is your ethnicity - White

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

Honestly, I think it can go either way. And neither bothers me.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...?

I would call her "gay" or a "lesbian," at least until I discover what she prefers -- or until she tells me not to talk about it so much in the first place.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...?

I would call him "gay" until I discover what he prefers, or until he tells me not to talk about it so much in the first place.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Yes. I see nothing to explain: a couple is a couple and they have the right to have their vow to one another recognized. Any reasonably responsible individual or couple should have the right to raise children -- and I see nothing about being gay that makes a person inherently irresponsible.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

No. Actually, I would probably be tempted to vote for her/him even if I were somewhat displeased with her/his platform. There are limits to how far I will take this, but I see value in substantively counteracting anti-gay bigotry by leaning slightly more in a gay person's favor than I would ordinarily.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

Not at all!!

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
For.
b. Primary school teachers?
For.
c. Army members?
For.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

This is a difficult question in that I think gay issues receive the wrong kind of media attention. But the explanation is just far too long for a questionnaire.


Are you under or over 40?

Under. But that's a huge range in which to divide people. How do you justify it? (I know we see data all the time that says "people under 40" or "people over 40." But researchers summarize this after collecting data. The rule of good research is, "Never lose data until you absolutely have to."

What is your social class?

What the hell does that mean? The definitions of social class are so complex that this question doesn't even make any sense. Am I "lower class" because of how little money I make? Most sociologists would say no, because I am a graduate student -- something that just doesn't fit into that class. So what am I? I don't know. You need better questions.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

I am a dogmatic atheist.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

I identify loosely with what is loosely termed "the Left."

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc

I am "White English," as you put it.


That done, I just want to go on the record as saying that this is a horribly unscientific and biased questionnaire. It is quite obvious what you believe to be the "right" answers.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

Well... I think everyone is bi-sexual actually, just genetically predisposed. Most towards the opposite gender some towards the same gender. But I wouldn't call it a CHOICE either.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

Lesbian, though some 'Clare's' I know call themselves dikes.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc

Gay.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

Yes, I think not allowing them to marry is like only allowing religious people to marry. As for adoption, sure. If they can't adopt then whats next, taking kids from single parents?

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

Of course not, sexual preference/history has nothing to do with ability to govern.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

Of course not. Sexual preference/history has nothing to do with competency.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?

Of course they can... Now pedophiles on the other hands, THAT's a bad idea for scout leader. Of course alot of religious idiots seem to think gay people are pedophiles. Actually lets not allow fundies to be scout leaders either. ;)

b. Primary school teachers?

For.

c. Army members?

For.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

In America? The right amount I guess. In Holland where I live gay people CAN marry. Because we are more civilised then the US. ;)

Are you under or over 40?

Under.

What is your social class?

Upper-middle.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

Hovering between agnostic and deist-ish.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

Socialist.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

Northern Dutch!

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? i woudl say that she is a woman. who she is is more important than who she is attracted to. if you're asking me to classify her sexuality, then she's a lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? same as above.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. yes. love is love and there is no negative psychological impact on children raised on same sex households.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? no.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) no.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? for
b. Primary school teachers? for
c. Army members? for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? *shrugs*

Are you under or over 40? under
What is your social class? i'm a student...
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? agnostic humanist with buddhist leanings
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? liberal. i voted ndp in the last election if that helps any.
What is your ethnicity - white

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
***
It is quite certainly natural.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
***
Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
***
Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
***
Certainly. They should be given the rights afforded them in the Constitution.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
***
No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
***
No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
***
No
b. Primary school teachers?
***
No
c. Army members?
***
No
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
***
I say too much. There's really not much to debate, everyone is just rehashing the same things over and over.

Are you under or over 40?
***
Under
What is your social class?
***
Umm, what? What words would we use for this? The only words I know relating to social class are bourgeoisie and proletariat.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
***
I am agnostic, although I do follow a religion. It is one of my own design, though.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
***
I guess liberal.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
***
White, mostly Irish and French ancestors.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? jury's truely still out but I'll go with choice as the most likely answer. Studies exist which can be taken both ways although no one has yet , for example, been able to find a true "gay gene" despite regular reports in the media.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etcneither, per se, I don't accept that "attraction" is the definition of sexual orientation, I would call a woman who solely has sex with her own gender a lesbian or gay depending on the audience. Some audiences prefer to lump all homosexuals under the mantle "gay" while some are rather strident about using lesbian to describe female homosexuals. In a clinical usage where sepcifity is demanded I use the term "female homosexuals"
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etcsee precious about defing in terms of attraction. I have no problem using gay or gay man to describe homosexual male, although to certain people I woud use the word "homo" or use "queer" or "poofy" to describe one (as a note I would probably not use those terms to heterosexual people, but among homosexual males certainly if it fit). It really depends on the audience
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. absolutely, but with a strong caveat. I do not accept that rights flow from the government and that having the government create theses "rights" is just plain wrong.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?depends. I've known a few closeted homosexual politicians and usually the fact that they are closeted deters me - as well as this one politician I knew who liked his partners "young and scruffy", which stretches acceptable sexual behavior to the limit. An openly homosexual politician, like Barney Frank in the US, no problem (as regards to his homosexuality)- closeted politicians, problems.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)Again, depends on the circumstances. Closeted homosexuals are always a problem, they are susceptable to stresses and pressures people with open sexualities are not vulnerable to. For the most part sexual orientation is not a factor in deciding to hire or not hire someone, but in certain cases it is a disqualifier. As a counter example, though, I would be reluctant to hire a heterosexual male as a male stripper. Again, there are cases where sexual orientation would be a factor and hiring decisions should be a factor in those cases.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?neutural
b. Primary school teachers??neutural

c. Army members??neutural

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? too much. there are more serious problems out ther which deserve more media time.

Are you under or over 40?under
What is your social class?hmm. Yeomanry? A little too well bred for the peasantry but too distant from the actual nobility to be in the higher classes. Definetely not paart of the clergey.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?not a significant religion
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?hard core conservative
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...mongrel european (mostly) both middle and western

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? My sexuality was natural as far as I know.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Gay man.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. I believe no one has the right to say they can't marry. I don't know about adoption.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No. All politicians are gay.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? I don't care.
b. Primary school teachers? See above.
c. Army members? See above.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much.

Are you under or over 40? Under.
What is your social class? Middle.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Agnostic.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? I don't really fit in any of those categories I dont' think.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White. Ukrainian, Irish and Czech ancesters.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? It's natural.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Lesbian.
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Gay.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes--all evidence shows that children aren't changed by being raised by gay couples.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? I don't care.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? For.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Not enough--there are still right-wing idiots who think they know what they're talking about.

Are you under or over 40? Under.
What is your social class? Not sure?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Jewish-ish.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Liberal.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?-Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc-Lesbian, if i had to describe her sexuality, otherwise just a person
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc-Gay man if i had to describe his sexuality, otherwise a person
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. -Yes. They deserve to have the same rights as anyone else, the right to marry who they love and adopt a child with that person. To me it's all about personal choice.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?-No, not if their politics were the same as mine
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)-No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?-For
b. Primary school teachers?-For
c. Army members?-For
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?-Just enough. It doesn't seem to be talked about any more or any less than anything else and i don't think it should be. All human rights are important.

Are you under or over 40?-Under, 26. I'll be 27 on January 31st
What is your social class?-Middle Class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?-Agnostic, with Buddhist leanings
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?-Liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...-Italian, English, Scottish, Irish

Anything for Sociology! ;)

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? I think it's natural.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Human being

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Human being

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes, they should have the same rights as straight couples.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? For.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? They recieve too much attention because of all the bias in the media against them.

Are you under or over 40? Under 40
What is your social class? Middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Buddhist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White

All 7 cars add up to 60k, 30k of it being made up by one Porsche. I'll you think about what the rest must be.

Wow, I am very impressed and humbled by your ability to waste money.

1. Being gay is a choice. If it was natural animals would be gay


Umm....animals can be gay.....

It is most definitely legal in the UK. As I noted, when someone applies for a job the boy from Oxford or the London School of Economics is discriminated in favor of the guy who can't read. That’s discrimination.

Thats often not the case....and discrimination is certainly not legal...

^^sorry if those have been mentioned before, I'm too lazy to read the entire thread.

I'll come back tomorrow morning and answer your questionnaire...I've spent 4 days doing essays with little sleep and I'm about to crash out....night :)

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? it's natural. Hear that, Falwell? NATURAL!
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? perfectly regular human being
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? perfectly regular human being
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. yes, and yes. they're human beings. should catholics have the right to marry and the right to adopt?
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?no, and if he/she was open about it, I might be more inclined to vote for them, since they'd be less likely to be a homophobic asshole
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)No more than if they were black (aka not at all
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? for
b. Primary school teachers?for
c. Army members?now this I'm against but only since I think war is stupid in the first place. if we have an army, gays should be allowed in.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? too much. they should've been resolved by now.
Are you under or over 40?under. I'm fourteen and a proud member of the GSA. does that matter?
What is your social class?this has nothing to do with anything. I assume, however, this is for a project or something where you're going to use this data with our question answers, so to help you be accurate, I'm middle-class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? yes I do. I'm a devout atheist.
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? by conventional terms, I'm a liberal.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...English is not an ethnicity. but I'm White. whoopty-doo.

1. Natural choice. People can ignore their natural urges, so choice does enter into it. The Urges are natural, acting on them is choice.
2. Unless her sexuality was somehow pertinent to the conversation, she's just a person. If necessary I'd identify her as Gay.
3. Same as #2
4. Yes, being identified as gay shouldn't be a barrier to committing to a life partner or raising a family. I don't believe that being Gay hinders your ability to raise a child.
5. No
5. No
6. a. For
b. For
c. For
7. I'm divided on this one, I think that discrimination needs attention, however I don't like the devisiveness of the fundi/anti-gay marraige rhetoric and it disturbs me that this seems to get the most attention.

Over 40, Mixed race, Middle Class Liberal. Raised Catholic but hold agnostic beliefs.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
I believe it's natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Gay or homosexual
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
They should have exactly the same rights as everyone else. No difference
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
NO (not against, read this too quickly)
b. Primary school teachers?
No (not against)
c. Army members?
No (not against)
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
In some ways, too much, because it shouldn't be an issue. It should have been settled a long time ago, because it should be obvious that we are all entitled to the same rights.

Are you under or over 40?
exactly 40
What is your social class? Lower Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
Very Liberal
What is your ethnicity -
White

1. natural
2. lesbian
3. gay, homosexual
4. yes, should have rights to both.
5. no
5. no
6. a. for (but i can see how some might be against, i can see the abuse scandals on the news already....)
b. for
c. for. enlistment going down, we should take anyone we can get (US army that is)
7. too much, because people shouldn't care what others do as long as it doesn't affect them

way under 40
upper middle
technically catholic, but don't agree with much of the church's teachings beyond the basic "be nice, peace, don't kill people" and i haven't been to the actual church building in a long time.
liberal (US democrat)
white

Considering what some people seem to consider middle-class, economically I am apparently very poor. 120k a year is middle-class?

1. A little from column A, a little from column B.
2. Lesbian
3. Gay man
4. Marry - no, but I fullheartedly support civil unions. Adoption - yes, I think everyone should be able to raise children.
5. No.
5. Probably not, so long as they didn't hit on me.
6.
a. No. As long as they don't preach about sexuality in any form.
b. See above.
c. Nope.
7. Depends on the place. I think they are a tad over-covered here in Canada, though.

Under.
Upper middle class, I'd say, as a purely economic classification.
Roman Catholicism.
I'm a social democrat, eg, the NDP/Liberals here.
Mostly Irish, part Polish.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
Natural. No one would choose to be something that gets treated like shit so often.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Sure. A loving home is a loving home and I'm all for people being treated equally. If a kid could find one of those to grow up in I'd envy them.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? No
b. Primary school teachers? No
c. Army members? No
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? The marriage thing gets plenty of air time and they make compassionate pro-gay miniseries (Angels in America for example) and other TV/movies with gay characters in growing frequency. I would say the issues are getting the air time they deserve.

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Uh...middle I guess (though I work at a McDonalds I am University educated (temporary job) :confused:
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? A very lousy Catholic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Best one I fall in is liberal.
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
White (Scottish, French and a tiny bit o' irish).

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Natural by most of them
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Lesbian or homosexual
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Gay or homosexual
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Right to marry absolutely, it is natural. Right to adopt? I'm not sure, it depends very much on the situation.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? That wouldn't be a major problem, only if the gay issues were more prominent than more important ones in his/her politics.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For, but I think that there are a lot already :D
b. Primary school teachers? For, that would be great.
c. Army members? For, make love to the enemy, not war.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? The last years it has been recieving a lot of media attention. I hope it can go back to normal in the future. When we accept their rights I hope it will.

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middleclass
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Born protestant, but moving towards Atheism
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? I vote socialdemocrat -->left-liberal by US standards and not conservative. I believe in almost total freedom in social issues for adults.
What is your ethnicity - Scandinavian

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
I can't say I know for sure, but I believe it to be natural

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Lesbian.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Gay man

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Yes to both. So long as they are both consenting adults, I fail to see why they should be discriminated against when it comes to marriage. As for adoption, the studies I have seen have shown there to be no detrimental effect from having homosexual 'parents', and if they are fit to raise children, I would much rather have them take care of abandoned, etc. children than orphanages or the state

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
No real opinion; I would be for it, but can understand why others would be against

b. Primary school teachers?
For

c. Army members?
For, but I can understand objections here as well


7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Too much*;

*the media tends to oversenationalize issues that grab headlines, and gay rights tends to be one of those issues. One need only look at the wall to wall coverage of the gay marriages in San Francisco to see the media frenzy at work

Are you under or over 40?
Under

What is your social class?
I am upper-middle class

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Greek Orthodox, but I fit more as a liberal Christian

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
Left-leaning Libertarian

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
I am half-Greek, half-Indian (Asian)

How can anybody in his or her right mind possibly support gay men being scout leaders?

I'm an Eagle Scout, and I'm glad my scoutmasters have all been heterosexual, and had many other admirable qualities as well.

Would you want you daughter sleeping in a tent with, getting dressed with, or taking a shower with, a hetero' man? I'm assuming not.

It's what they do, not what they are.
If the scout leader cross the line he will get trouble. But you can't screen a person and discriminate against them because of their sexual preference. I think many homosexuals can be very good with kids without any sexual activity allowed of course.

Why portray or suspect homosexuals as possible child abusers? Most of them are just like straight people in general. They abide the law and want to make a good work.
And as somebody wrote it is a matter of the Scout association whom they employ but they can't dismiss a good person for the job on grounds that he is gay, that would suck.

"I'm an Eagle Scout, and I'm glad my scoutmasters have all been heterosexual"
Can I ask you this, are you 100% sure of that?

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

1. A result of cultural, psychological, biological factors, not really a choice IMHO, except those who are 'gay-for-pay.'
2. Lesbian (assuming she was a woman, Clair Patterson, famous American archeologist was a man).
3. Gay
4. Right to marry? Depends on your definition, civil unions, sure. As for children, maybe, depends on what's in the child's best interests.
5. No
5. Yes, but only if it was a man
6.
a) No
b) No
c) No
7. They recieve none here, except for "Queer eye," and "Will and Grace."

Under 40
Lower
Christian
Libertarian Democratic Centreist and Compassionate Conservative
White/Aryian/Europeon/Caucassion

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
-Natural.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...?
-Primate

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...?
-Primate

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
-No one can force religions to perform a marriage (and fewer want to). A civil marriage is a right and should not be denied. There are too many children floating around in bad foster homes. homosexuality should not be counted against one in the addoption process.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
-no

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
-no

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? - As a privite religious organization, it is thier choice.
b. Primary school teachers? -As a government employer schools should not discriminate.
c. Army members? - See b

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
-Too much inanne chatter and too many angry rants. Not enough thoughtful attection.

Are you under or over 40?
-Under

What is your social class?
-If a porche and 30k in other cars and 3 properties is middle class, then I'm lower class. (I'm sorry but I think anyone who says the word 'only' before 60k is well off)

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
-No, unless you consider atheism to be a religion

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
-of those choices, liberal

What is your ethnicity?
-White

. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc-lesbo
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc--homo
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain--. yes cause its equal
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?--yes if he was a gay republican
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)--no
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?--no
b. Primary school teachers?--no
c. Army members?--no
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?--never thought about it-I just watch movies on tv anyway

Are you under or over 40?--under
What is your social class?--comfortable
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?--I used to but I got rid of it
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?--leftwing
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... white

1. Natural.
2. Lesbian.
3. Gay man.
4. Yes. The government has no business discriminating. Adoption clinics or churches may, but that's their loss.
5. No.
5. No.
6.
a. Not against. Call that for if you like.
b. Not against. Call that for if you like.
c. Not against. Call that for if you like.
7. I think everything gets too much media attention.

Under 40.
Upper middle class.
Atheist, raised Presbyterian.
No, and I do care. I'm a Libertarian.
Caucasian (non-hispanic).

1. Unknown
2. Lesbian
3. Faggot
4. Adopt, yes. Marry, no. Mairrage implies intent to mate and build a family, and mateing produces more durrable bonds than simple sexual relations.
5. No
5. No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Yes
b. No
c. Yes
7. Too much. It is a behavioral disfunction that is an abberation of the intended process of reproduction.

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Polytheistic faith based on no organized religeon
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Conservative
What is your ethnicity - Mixed European

1. Being gay is a choice. If it was natural animals would be gay
There's a pair of gay vultures at a Zoo in Israel I heard of, other than that I think Mallard ducks are pretty gay too.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?Elements of both, but I don't think that a homosexual man is likely to be happy with a heterosexual relationship. My boyfriend certainly wasn't even after helping to raise two beautiful children. He's still on good terms with his ex, but as soon as I'm out of college, I'm going to be helping him with his expenses because the alimony's killing him.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etcHomosexual or lesbian, depending upon whether or not her sex has already been specified.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etcQueer, cock-smoker, faggot, fag, whatever. I use the same sort of terms to refer to myself.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.I can't think of a reason we shouldn't. The same line of reasoning against gay marriage is the same sort of reasoning used against interracial marriage. It's the same bullshit in a different wrapper.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?I don't really care as long as he does a good job.

6. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)Same.

7. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?Not at all. I don't know how, but somehow a large number of people think that we're general sexual deviants. Most other gay men I know are pretty boring and vanilla aside from the silly "queer culture."

b. Primary school teachers?Nope.

c. Army members?I read somewhere that, historically speaking, armies in which there was widespread homosexuality have always done better. I don't have a source on that, though, so there's really not much I can do to back that up.

8. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?On some days, I don't see what the big fuss is about, but some stories I hear make me glad that there are enough attentive eyes on the issue that the Jesus-crispies can't get away with flagrant abuses anymore.

9. Are you under or over 40?I'm twenty-one.

10. What is your social class?I'm a college student supported by my center-class parents and a pathetic weekend job, and I'm preparing to enter the field of optometry (which is pretty strange considering that my vision is a remarkably good 20/12). Take a guess[/quote]

11. Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?I don't like religion, and I think that "Christian morality" is an oxymoron.

12. Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?I'm a centrist by European standards, but, here in the US I'd be considered a God-hating liberal.

13. What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...I can't tan. I'm so pale that it's grotesque.

I can't tan. I'm so pale that it's grotesque.
Same here!
For a while, people thought I was wearing make-up or something.
:p

How can anybody in his or her right mind possibly support gay men being scout leaders?

I'm an Eagle Scout, and I'm glad my scoutmasters have all been heterosexual, and had many other admirable qualities as well.

Would you want you daughter sleeping in a tent with, getting dressed with, or taking a shower with, a hetero' man? I'm assuming not.
They don't let Scoutmasters sleep in the same tents as the scouts any way, at least here they dont.

1. Natural
2. Lesbian
3. Homosexual
4. Yes and yes.
5. No
5. No.
6.
a. For
b. For
c. For
7. Too little, however it shouldn't have played such a large role during the election, there were much more important issues that should have been brought up.

Under
Lower
Non-religious
Liberal
Light-skinned

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Moral Choice
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. No, no
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? Not if they were competent
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Not if he was qualified
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? I wouldn't want my son having a gay Scout leader, so against.
b. Primary school teachers? No
c. Army members? No
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too much.

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Christian
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Libertarian
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White

They don't let Scoutmasters sleep in the same tents as the scouts any way, at least here they dont.
Yeah, when I was in scouts, they didn't let the adults near us. Separate tents, separate showers, and all that.

Yeah, when I was in scouts, they didn't let the adults near us. Separate tents, separate showers, and all that.
It still how they were doing it when I got my Eagle last year.

Too little- people are still fucking idiots when it comes to sexuality, constantly banging on about it being a "lifestyle" and confusing homosexuals with paedophiles


AMEN!

I wouldn't care if my son's scout leader was homosexual.

I would care if my son's scout leader was a heterosexual pedophile.

Get the difference?

..., not to mention that there are female scout leaders.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?Choice
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. No, civil unions would be sufficiant and children deserve a proper upbringing
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?yes
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)no
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?against
b. Primary school teachers?neither
c. Army members?neither
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?Too much, it's just the new trend like boy bands or baggy jeans

Are you under or over 40?under
What is your social class?middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?Catholic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?Conservative
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White Irish-German

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? I think it can be natural, but isn't always
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...?Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Homosexual. It's weird that I use the more general term only for men
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes, and yes. Though, if people want to just call it a civil union that's fine by me. Two people who want a child enough to adopt will probably do a better job as parents on average.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) Not unless he tried hitting on me - that would be awkward :)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? I believe the Scouts have the right to set conditions on their leaders
b. Primary school teachers? Certainly they should be allowed in public schools. I wouldn't send a child of mine to a private school that discriminated against gays, but think private schools should be free to hire whomever they want to
c. Army members? Not against
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? I think gay issues receive too much media attention, and probably not enough of a positive kind. As with almost any issue, the media focuses on the most sensational aspects.

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Upper-Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Athiest
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Slightly Liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White

If you're writing a paper or something on this, please feel free to fix my spelling, as it is almost one in the morning here, and there's no spell-check in this program.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
-I think that there are many people who are so afraid of the opposite sex that they feel they are homosexual. I also think there are those who are simply curious. And as for the God thought: God gave us many emotions and trials that we may fully experience life. Might this not have something to do with that? Besides, can you define "natural?" Is it natural for man to want to kill other man? But we do. Is it natural for a woman to want to poof up her hair? But we do. (Okay, not me, but some.) As far as I can see, this is a Nature/Nurture option. Have you ever found any identical twins, seperated at birth (the only kind with the same nature, but different nurtures) where one has turned out Gay and one has not? That might help the case one way or the other. Has it ever happened where they were both Homosexual? How often does a child that grows up to be homosexual has siblings who are also homosexual? Sorry to be raising more questions, I'm just wondering.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
-Lesbian, or homosexual if I'm refering to one or more of each.

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
-In context: "So, let's say this man is Gay." or Homosexual, if refering to more than one of them.

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
-I think there are worse people out there to be raising kids. I also think that if they are planing on raising children, they need to let the kid know that their lifestyle may not be the lifestyle for everyone. (If it was, the population would die off). I don't agree with the lifestyle, but what if a group of people got together and decided that overweight people shouldn't be allowed to have children as the chance of passing heart disease onto the next generation would be greatly enhanced? I'm not going to tell others how to live their lives.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
-Is he making trouble about it? (I'm sorry to be asking so many questions in response to yours, I just don't know how else to do this.)What I mean by that is; is this his big position? "Vote for me because I'm gay," or does he have reasonable standings on the issues I care about? Is this the only difference between him and someone exactly politically with the person he's running against? If I thought he was best, I wouldn't let it deter me.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
-Would not be deterred. However, might have to make some arangements with the bathrooms, if he was openly gay, and it would bother other employees.

6. Are you for or against gay people being:
a. Scout leaders? --As long as he's a grown-up about it, and doesn't bring up the subject, and tells the kids to ask their parents any questions they have. I think the parents should be notified, because they have a right to know, but just as we don't ask single men to disclose their nocturnal habits, (ie. who exactly they are sleeping with, how they like it) we shouldn't expect gays to either.
b. Primary school teachers?-- Why? Are we worried about him passing on gay germs to our kids? They don't need to be learning these things from their primary teachers, so the subject shouldn't come up, and like the scouts, any questions about sex should be refered back to the child's parents.
c. Army members? --See note about the bathroom. Apply it to showers also.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?--Too much. But you may notice that I'm pretty much a "live and let live" type, so I'm pretty tired of people trying to force others into their pre-conceived molds. That's why the first pilgrams came here, to get away from that attitude. Unfortunalty, the first thing they did when they got religious freedom was to impose their religious beilefs on others.

Are you under or over 40?
-Under, I'm 23.

What is your social class? --How's that? I make $40,000 a year, and live alone, so I guess I'm upper-middle class, but it costs a lot of money to live in Alaska. I have a bachelors degree if that matters.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
--Yes, I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (the Mormon's.) They are very anti-gay. And while, because of my religion, I will never become one, and I will die of shame if my child does, I, personally, don't impose my beilefs on others.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
--I'm what you call a liberal conservative. Which means I'm a conservative, but not as conservative as my grandfather who thinks Democrats, Gays, and the French are the root of all our problems.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...
--I'm your basic white girl. I was raised in white mans' land, but am now living in an Eskimo village, with a group of Inupiats. (I think I spelled that wrong).

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

1) natural
2) lesbian
3) homo
4) Sure thing
5) Not a chance, it might even be a pro as he will probably not be a bigot because of his own experiences.
5.2) The best candidate get's the job.
6.a) Not a problem at all, being a scout leader myself. I've known a few good scout leaders that were not hetero.
6.b) No problem
6.c) If they want to die for 'my country', let them.
7) It doesn't receive enough attention when it goes about giving them equal rights. It doesn't deserve attention on any other field. Wether a person is gay or not is of nill importance to the rest of the world.

-under 40
-my 'class' is probably upper middle. we got more money than we want to spend, but we don't got enough money to give someone a car as a normal birthdaypresent.
-no religion
-socialist
-Belgian (European)

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? choice
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? i would say she was Clare, why label her because she digs chicks. she still just as human as Jeff or Nancy. sorry if i dont make sense
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? same as above, just different name.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. yes, but it would be much better if everyone were tolerant, as i feel for the kid - he would be made fun of alot.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? nope, so long as he/she/it was capable.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) no, so long as they respect that not everone has the same prefrence as them
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? i dont care either way, so long as their capable. but scouts is a private org. and if they dont want gays, then too bad.
b. Primary school teachers? for, so long as they didnt try to push anything more then tolerance on to the kids.
c. Army members? yeah, so long as he/she/it respects everyone elses prefrences
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? too much, because it shouldnt even be a problem what Chris and Tony think. they arent harming anyone.

Are you under or over 40? far under
What is your social class? lower/middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? i am a secular humanist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? i suppose liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... white american mostly, with bits of different stuff from my dads side. mostly british and german

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

natural

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc.

lesbian

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc.

gay

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.

yes, the most important thing in a child's life is love and gays are as capable of loving a child as straights. they should be able to marry. why not?

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

only if he was really camp

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

only if he was really camp (i would have this prejudice against straigh campers too)

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? don't care
b. Primary school teachers? don't care
c. Army members? don't care


7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

they seem to get a fair amount but i don't know all the gay issues out there - maybe there are more that i haven't heard about but should.

Are you under or over 40? under
What is your social class? middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? atheist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? don't care
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White english

hope this helps

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?

Are you under or over 40?
What is your social class?
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

1.Natural
2.Lesbian
3.Gay
4.Yes, marriage is about making a commitment to the one you love, and homosexuals should have the right to celebrate there love in this way, just as straight people can. Adoption should be based on a couples ability to care for and love a child, and not condideration of whether they are gay or straight.
5.No only there policies and my perception of there ability to do the job would affect how I vote. and neither have anything to do with sexuality.
6.No
7.(a)(b)&(c) not against homosexual people doing any of these jobs!
8.Not sure, this possible means enough or it could mean too little and I just don't notice.

Under 40
Middle Class
Atheist
Liberal (Kinda)
White english

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
It's a result of enviroment.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
I'd call her Clare

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Harry

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Yes, what's to explain?

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
Perhaps, but it wouldnt be because they were gay or bisexual.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
Perhaps, but not due to their sexuality.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
I dont think their sexuality should matter, I'm not 'for' it, but against excluding people due to sexuality

b. Primary school teachers?
As above

c. Army members?
And again

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
I dont even know how to approach this question.

Are you under or over 40?
under

What is your social class?
Eh?

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
No

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
left leaning pragmatist (neither/both liberal and/or conservative)

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc
mixed New Zealander of predominately 'caucasian' appearance.

1. Being gay is a choice. If it was natural animals would be gayBut there are gay animals.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
Honest answer? I don't know. I presume it's natural in most cases, at least; I can't see why anyone would choose it, given the stigma.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
Lesbian

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
Homosexual. I decry the twisting of the wonderfully expressive word 'queer' into an often-derogatory, innuendo-laden epithet!

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
Yes. There are so many kids out there who need loving families and if a gay couple can provide that then they should be allowed. I support the right of any given church not to permit gay marriage within their ceremonies if it is against their religious law, but I see no reason for the government to forbid it, as it is basically just a way of discriminating against gay couples not to allow them to receive the same property, inheritance and benefit rights as straight people.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
No...I vote on issues more than anything else.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
No I don't see why - if they'll do the work that's what matters!

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For - to my knowledge, gays are not more likely to be paedophiles than straight people.

b. Primary school teachers? For - see above.

c. Army members? Tougher one...I want to say 'for' because it shouldn't matter, but if a lot of other soldiers would object and it would stop the army from functioning...I don't know, really. I know very little about the army.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
I think it varies...some issues, like gay marriage and adoption, probably don't get enough good press. Hollywood gossip columnists, on the other hand, seem to me to be far to interested in labeling people as 'gay' or 'straight' or 'bi' or whatever - who cares??

Are you under or over 40? Under 40

What is your social class? Erm...middle class/young married professional?

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? None at the moment; was raised Catholic

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Depends on the issue!

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White American, living in the UK (if that matters!)

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? = combination, not so much a choice as learned behavior that is reinforced
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? = lesbo\lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? = homo
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.= marry-yes, adopt-no because as I said i think of homosexuality as learned behavior.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? =yes
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) = yes
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? Object
b. Primary school teachers? Object
c. Army members? Object
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? = Too much, if you're gay keep it to yourself and the others who are gay.

Are you under or over 40? =under
What is your social class? =low-middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? =no-no
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? =dont care
What is your ethnicity - = White



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Yes there are gay animals, this only happens when the females don't give it up or there arent enough around.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Not 100% sure about this, but lean towards natural.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc Woman

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc Man

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Yes to both. Gay people have been rasing their own children by blood for decades, if not longer, and I have never seen any proper evidence that it harms the child in any way (rabid Christian web sites don't count as evidence)

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No, not at all, I would be much more concerned in their ability to do the job.

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) As for the politician question

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For
b. Primary school teachers? For
c. Army members? For

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Undecided on this question, some aspects of the Gay rights movement seem to get too much attention, such as the whole Gay marriage debate, but other aspects don't, like the violence and discrimination Gays still recieve.

Are you under or over 40? Over
What is your social class? Middle
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Atheist
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? Moderate Liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...White Australian, of English decent

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?
I would say it's natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain.
yes, definitely. The only real argument against it seems to be that it will "destroy the sanctity of marriage". They might as well be allowed, as it won't hurt anyone.
Oh yeah, adoption. That should be allowed. Again, the only real argument against adoption is that the child will "get confused", which I don't accept as a valid argument until evidence can be provided.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?
no, of course not
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)
no
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
for
b. Primary school teachers?
for
c. Army members?
for
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why?
I don't see gay issues on the news much, but I don't know whether or not they actually need media attention. If they are denied media attention when they need to make some important point, that's bad.
Are you under or over 40?
Under
What is your social class?
Middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?
No, I'm an agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?
I'm pretty liberal
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...White

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? The gay people i know say it wasnt a choice for them. So natural.
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Lesbian
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Gay
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. No, they should not marry, but given a civil union with exactly the same rights as married heterosexuals. That way we could circumvent the entire "marriage is holy" discussion, just by giving it another name. And of course they should be able to adopt, there is no conclusive evidence that having homosexual parents is detrimental to the childs development.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?
b. Primary school teachers?
c. Army members?
I am neither for or against, but think that sexual orientation has no influence on these jobs.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Enough. The important issues are there, but it begins to border on being too much sometimes and not getting enough coverage on others. It evens out.

Are you under or over 40? Under
What is your social class? Middle class
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Agnostic
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? More or less liberal, although this bipolar political spectrum is stupid when being transferred to europeans, and doesnt fit me
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... White mixed european

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural? Utterly Natural
2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say she was a...? Lesbian/Homosexual
3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say he was a...? Homosexual.
4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to adopt - please explain. Homosexual couples should have the right to marry. People often forget simple things when argueing against this and the fact is that Homosexuals are people too - not abominations. If you dissect one, they are the same as everyone else on the inside. Their appearance on the outside looks the same as everyone else. The Constitution of the USA (Not sure about other nations) goes so far to say that all men are created equal. Therefore, not allowing them to marry impedes on this equality, and banning them from marrying is unconstitutional. It's all simple logic, comrades.
5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her? No.
5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.) No.
6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders? For.
b. Primary school teachers? For.
c. Army members? For.
7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention and why? Too little.

Are you under or over 40? Under.
What is your social class? Working Class, and proud of it.
Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it? Athiesm/Unitarian Universalism
Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less? A Socialist
What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc... Human. White is the colour of my skin and I live in the "United States of America," but I am the same as the rest of the Human race.

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

natural in circumstances where there are no individuals of the opposite species, otherwise a socially induced choice.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say

she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc
lesbian

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say

he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
homo

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to
adopt - please explain.

to marry? I won't see the use of marriage when one or both partners aren't religious. But if they are. Why not? Their own choise.

There will have to be done research to the effect on childeren raised by two men or women. People should think of the childeren first. There is a reason why two males or females can't reproduce :D

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

no

5. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

no

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?

a homosexual is not a phedophile. for

b. Primary school teachers?

for

c. Army members?

for

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention
and why?

too much. Sexuality should be the choice of people themselves.

Are you under or over 40?

under

What is your social class?

what? student?

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

yes, what is disclose?

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

conservative/couldn't care less..

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

European?

1. Is being gay a choice or is it natural?

Natural, as others have said, I don't see why people would choose to be discriminated against.

2. Let's assume that Clare is solely attracted to her own gender, you'd say
she was a...? For example, pea-flicker, lesbo, lesbian, gay lady etc

lesbian/person

3. Let's assume that Harry is solely attracted to his own gender, you'd say
he was a...? For example, queer, poof, homo, gay man etc
homosexual male/person

4. Do you think gay couples should have the right to marry and the right to
adopt - please explain.

If they want. I see no reason to deprive ordinary people of their rights, as it currently stands in most nations. As for adoption, aside from narrow minded bullying, I can't think of a reason why not.

5. If a politician was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from voting for him or her?

why should that affect anything? If he/she was attracted to toasters wouldn't bother me as long as they could perform the duty aof a politician effectively.

5b. If a potential employee was gay or bisexual, would you be deterred from employing him or her (if discrimination was legal.)

again. Why should that bother me? I probably wouldn't even ask. It's not any of my business, after all.

6. Are you for or against gay people being
a. Scout leaders?

For.

b. Primary school teachers?

For.

c. Army members?

For.

7. Do gay issues recieve too much, too little, just enough media attention
and why?

I'm split in this decision. As far as equalising their rights, no, there hasn't been enough attention. As far as idle gossip, far, far too much. If it stopped being a major talking point, as far as that goes, it'd go a long way into reducing the percieved stigma and prejudice.

Are you under or over 40?

under 40.

What is your social class?

eh.... technically lower, actually middle, and I'm a student.

Do you have a religion - if so could you disclose it?

Theist-agnostic.

Are you a liberal, conservative or couldn't you care less?

eh.... I really couldn't say. Conservative on some, liberal on others. It's virtually 50/50. Most people would probably describe me as liberal, if they were to have a discussion with me.

What is your ethnicity - e.g. White English, or Indian, Chinese etc...

white British.