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Senior Statistics
Senior Citizens at Odds with Young Americans over
Gay Rights
Trend toward expanded acceptance stalled
in recent years
 May 31, 2006 – The Gallup Poll looked at gay rights
today and found – not surprisingly – the youngest adults the most
supportive and senior citizens the most negative.
The analysis said, "The broad picture is one of
mixed feelings about the issue."
Americans express a spectrum of views on gay
rights, ranging from near universal support for gay rights in the
workplace to majority opposition of legalizing gay marriage. In between,
slim majorities say homosexual relations should be legal and support
homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle.
Summary of
Affirmative Views on Gay Rights
|
Gays should have equal job opportunities |
89% |
|
Homosexual relations should be legal |
56% |
|
Homosexuality is an acceptable
alternative life style |
54% |
|
Gay marriage should be legally valid |
39% |
Young adults (18- to 39-year-olds) are the only age
group where a majority considers homosexuality morally acceptable, and
as a result they generally favor legal recognition for gay marriages. By
contrast, barely one-quarter of seniors and only about one-third of
middle-aged adults endorse this policy.
"Even if people's current views remain fixed, if
the views of the next generation of young adults are at least as
supportive of gay rights as are today's young adults, then the nation's
moral compass is destined to shift even further than it has already in
the direction of gay acceptance," the report says.
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