> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Christian Gregory wrote:
> >
> > >I may be missing something, but that 37% of surveyed people think
> > >homosex should be outlawed seems appalling to me. What on earth
> > >justifies this idea? I get fundamentalism, but that can't be more
> > >than 15% of this number. What about the rest?
> >
> > Why just 15%? Around 40-45% of the U.S. pop calls itself evangelical
> > or born-again. About 24% calls itself Catholic, and while their
> > opinions run the full gamut, no doubt there are some hardcore
> > moralists in their midst. And another 2% Mormon. Add it all up, and
> > 34% isn't hard to reach.
> >
> > Doug
>
> To me, the real story here is how quickly attitudes are changing
> about this in our society. When this question was asked just a
> few decades ago, the majority of adults considered homosexuality
> immoral! Given the historical trend and the attitudes of young
> adults today, I'm hopeful (or is it naive?).
>
my guess is that acceptance of homosexuals is probably the biggest generational gap in attitutes of today.
-gr