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Questions related to "homosexuality"
I'd like to name several moral issues that affect our coutry. Please tell me whether you feel each is very important, somewhat important or nnot importan as a moral issues for our country. So wehnI say divorce is this very important moral issues for America, somewhat important or not an important moral issue? What about hunger? What about abortion? How about spouse abuse? How about child abuse? How about gambling? How about pornography? How about homosexuality? How abou same sex marriage? How about greed in America? How about America's decision to start a war with Iraq? How about America'w treatment of prisoners of war? How about America's postwar occupatonnof Iraq?
Recently there has been talk about allowing gays and lesbians to marry a partner of the same sex. What do you think about same-sex marriage? Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose same sex-marriage, or do you have no opinion on the matter?
There has also been talk about civil unions. What do you think about a law that would allow gay or lesbian couples to legally form civil unions, giving them some of the legal rights of married couples? Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose civil unions, or do you have no opinion on the matter?
Some people think that same-sex marriage is a matter of traditional moral values, while others think it is about equal rights. How about you? Which of the following comes closest to your thoughts? Is it about traditional moral values or about equal rights?
What about civil unions? Some people think that civil unions are a matter of traditional moral values, while others think the issue is about equal rights. How about you? Which of the following comes closest to your thoughts? Is it about traditional moral values or about equal rights?
If your representative in Congress supported a law allowing gays and lesbians to marry, would that affect your vote to re-elect that member of Congress? Would you be more likely to vote for that person, less likely to vote for that person, or would it make no difference at all in your vote?
What if your representative in Congress supported a law allowing gays and lesbians to form civil unions? Would that affect your vote to re-elect your member of Congress? Would you be more likely to vote for that person, less likely to vote for that person, or would it make no difference at all in your vote?
Think about how honest the typical candidate for Congress is. By comparison, how honest would a gay male candidate likely be? Much more honest than the typical candidate, somewhat more honest, no difference, somewhat less honest, or much less honest?
What about moral? How moral would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would he be much more moral than the typical candidate, somewhat more moral, no difference, somewhat less moral, or much less moral?
What about strong? How strong would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would he be much stronger than the typical candidate, somewhat stronger, no difference, somewhat weaker, or much weaker?
Think about how competent the typical candidate for Congress is on the following issues. By comparison, how competent would a gay male candidate likely be on education? Would he be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no difference, somewhat less competent, or much less competent.
What about military issues? How competent would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for congress? Would he be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no difference, somewhat less competent, or much less competent
What about on taxes? How competent would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for congress? Would he be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no difference, somewhat less competent, or much less competent.
Again, please think about how honest the typical candidate for Congress is. Now, by comparison, how honest would a lesbian woman candidate likely be? Would she be much more honest than the typical candidate, somewhat more honest, no difference, somewhat less honest, or much less honest?
What about moral? How moral would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much more moral than the typical candidate, somewhat more moral, no difference, somewhat less moral, or much less moral?
What about strong? How strong would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much stronger than the typical candidate, somewhat stronger, no difference, somewhat weaker, or much weaker?
Think about how competent the typical candidate for Congress is on the following issues. By comparison, how competent would a lesbian woman candidate likely be on education? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent?
What about military issues? How competent would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent?
What about on taxes? How competent would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent?
If a candidate for Congress said publicly that he is gay, would that make you more likely to vote for him, more likely to vote against him or would it have no effect on your vote?
If a candidate for Congress said publicly that she is lesbian, would that make you more likely to vote for her, more likely to vote against her or would it have no effect on your vote?
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