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For millennials, homosexuality more acceptable than casual sex
Washington Post ^ | 03/29/2015 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 03/30/2015 10:32:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Acceptance of gay marriage has long been a matter of when, rather than if -- in large part thanks to younger generations being overwhelmingly in favor.

But just how quickly are views of homosexuality changing from generation to generation? A new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute has some insights.

The poll tested how millennials (ages 18 to 34) view various sexual behaviors, including homosexuality. And about equal numbers say homosexuality is morally wrong (38 percent) and morally acceptable (42 percent). Another 13 percent say it depends on the situation, while 7 percent declined to answer.

What's most interesting, though, is when you compare homosexual activity to other behaviors tested. The poll shows more millennials think that sex between two people of the same gender is more acceptable than say casual sex between two people with no intention of forming a relationship (37 percent) -- though the difference is within the margin of error. And about the same number say having a child out of wedlock is acceptable (40 percent).

About twice as many young people, meanwhile, say homosexual behavior is morally acceptable as say the same about having an abortion (21 percent) and about sex between minors (24 percent).


Clearly, views of the morality of homosexuality have a major impact on acceptance of gay marriage -- though we would submit that many people who morally object to it nonetheless support gay marriage.

That homosexuality is viewed as being as or more acceptable than all of these things shows how quickly the paradigm has shifted on these issues.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; academicbias; casualsex; culturewar; election2016; feminism; gaymarriage; grooming; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; indiana; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; mikepence; millenials; moralabsolutes; rfra
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1 posted on 03/30/2015 10:32:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Welcome to the bat-guano insanity of my generation.


2 posted on 03/30/2015 10:33:51 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Proof that decades of vicious propaganda and browbeating works


3 posted on 03/30/2015 10:36:23 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks, Millennials.

Brainwashed simps. But when their parents allowed radical feminists and gay activists access to them, what could you expect?


4 posted on 03/30/2015 10:36:46 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: SeekAndFind

Do you prefer throw-up or diarrhea? Who cares?


5 posted on 03/30/2015 10:37:02 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The majority(I SAID THE MAJORITY, NOT ALL) of millennials also believe we should be ruled by a King(constitution? pfft) and religion is for old people.

Since the major complaint against homos is religion, that indicates to them that there is no serious complaint.

This is what one hundred years of progressive public education will bring.

6 posted on 03/30/2015 10:37:33 AM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Given the right set of circumstances the attitudes will shift overnight.

That is the tragedy for progressives - their worldview is built on a warped fantasy.

7 posted on 03/30/2015 10:38:33 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

either way, the goofy little millennials don’t breed. that’s a win for the rest of us.


8 posted on 03/30/2015 10:38:58 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: SeekAndFind

They couldn’t give you a reason for their beliefs, but they are certain of them.

The propagandists and schools are good at what they do.


9 posted on 03/30/2015 10:39:02 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Regulator

“Proof that decades of vicious propaganda and browbeating works”

And proof that their parents dropped the ball.


10 posted on 03/30/2015 10:39:54 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s to the point you can tell what the source is going to say by whom the source is. Washington Post as well as other MSM (Men Seeking Men) sources always lies for gays claiming they are more accepted and more numerous they really are (Rules for Radicals).


11 posted on 03/30/2015 10:40:01 AM PDT by Mechanicos (Nothing's so small it can't be blown out of proportion.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s one of those “signs” that we are approaching that time that Jesus talked about, in terms of the judgement handed down at the World-Wide Flood. Jesus said it would come to be a time like that again ... and with the violence that is in the world, too ... at the present time.


12 posted on 03/30/2015 10:40:07 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Crazieman

That Bat guano is the common produce of all government projects, including schools.


13 posted on 03/30/2015 10:40:19 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How does government endorsement of alternative marriage affect you? Well now you know.


14 posted on 03/30/2015 10:41:13 AM PDT by jwalsh07 (E)
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To: SeekAndFind
"The poll shows more millennials think that sex between two people of the same gender is more acceptable than say casual sex between two people with no intention of forming a relationship (37 percent)"

HhMMMMMMmmmmm.....wonder what they know about the "casual sex" percent of homosexuals?

15 posted on 03/30/2015 10:41:49 AM PDT by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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To: JohnBrowdie

And a win for the muslims without firing a shot.


16 posted on 03/30/2015 10:42:14 AM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What is needed is another Great Awakening. A spiritual revival in the hearts and souls of the lost.

Societal perversions and dangers will be reversed for an extended period of time only when this happens.

Laws won’t change men’s hearts, neither will brute force. Only the Spirit of God can make a permanent change.

Prayer is our best weapon. And of course we must walk the walk—while at the same time standing firm in the legal arena.


17 posted on 03/30/2015 10:43:13 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: stephenjohnbanker
It is not that simple. Parents have no power against the educational complex.

Our daughters look at us as if we are insane when we explain to them that traditional marriage WAS the cornerstone of Western civilization. One asked 'don't say that in front of my friends.'

18 posted on 03/30/2015 10:45:12 AM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: deadrock

My church is full of teenagers and college kids, and they don’t buy into pop culture, PC, or leftism.


19 posted on 03/30/2015 10:47:03 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: SeekAndFind

It is probably an understatement to say that 99.44% of all homosexual activity is casual and has nothing to do with relationships.


20 posted on 03/30/2015 10:47:06 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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