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 ...
When the "Sexual Revolution" started in the 1960s with "Free Love" the obvious goal was to destroy the institution of marriage; however, this movement didn't catch on the way the left wanted it to.
So, the left spent the next few decades "normalizing" homosexuality. They used AIDS to elicit sympathy for homosexuals and convinced Hollywood to promote homosexuality. Then prominent homosexuals started touting monogamy and expressing a desire to "marry" other homosexuals. What most of society fails to understand is that the left's goal REMAINS the destruction of marriage and the family as an institution. Homosexuals DO NOT want monogamy, they may grudgingly accept it out of fear of AIDS, but their real desire is to return to the days of the bath houses in the 1970s.
As you know, God created the institution of marriage and family in the Garden of Eden BEFORE the Fall and He was clear that marriage was man and woman. The sinfulness that is sometimes present in sex came AFTER the Fall.
The left wants society to ignore the fact that marriage IS NOT about sex, it is about man and woman becoming one and having a family; sex is a part of marriage, but it doesn't define it. Homosexuality isn't about family or becoming one, it is about sex and nothing else, it is a sinful rejection of God's design.
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