Posted on 06/24/2019 11:31:33 PM PDT by ransomnote
Young people are often assumed to be progressive, especially when it comes to gay rights. But a new study reveals that acceptance of the LGBTQ community by adults 18 to 34 is falling.
A new Harris Poll commissioned by GLAAD found that 36 percent of respondents in that demographic reported they'd be "very" or "somewhat" uncomfortable learning a family member was LGBTQ. That's up from 29 percent who said the same in 2018.
According to the 2019 Accelerating Acceptance Index, 39 percent would be unsettled by their child learning about LGBTQ history in school, compared to just 30 percent in 2018. And finding out their doctor was LGBTQ made a third (34 percent) uncomfortable—an uptick from 27 percent last year.
"The younger generation has traditionally been thought of as a beacon of progressive values," GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. "We have taken that idea for granted."
Conducted online earlier this year, the poll quizzed 1,970 U.S. adults on their comfort level with seven theoretical situations: Learning a family member is LGBTQ, learning their doctor is LGBTQ, having LGBTQ members at their place of worship, seeing a LGBTQ co-worker's wedding picture, having their child placed in a class with a LGBTQ teacher, seeing a same-sex couple holding hands, and learning their child was learning LGBTQ history in school.
The number of young Americans who were comfortable across all seven situations dropped from 53 percent in 2018 to 45 percent this year, the second consecutive dip for the age bracket.
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Xe? I know what cis is, now, what the heck is xe?
Avoiding bullies is prudent. Why hang out with people who demand that you “bless” their deranged behavior?
Yes, men demanding to use women’s locker rooms and restrooms seems to be turning off many.
I wonder if the trans aspect of the acronym, particularly involving children, comes to mind more often than it used to—and that is contributing to more hesitation in support.
Nobody really cares about it when women do it.
It’s when men do it where there’s a HUGE problem.
It’s night and day, really. AIDS didn’t hit the males and avoid the females by accident.
Personally I make sure all my objections to homosexuality specify the male version, since for all intents and purposes that is the practice to complain about. IMO it’s no coincidence that Leviticus appears to have the same evaluation.
“Progressive” just means a particularly bloody-minded and aggressive brand of Communist.
I’m starting to think the global in-your-face LGBT movement is a CIA political operation
You’re right. I though 36% supported the queers. And I thought 36% was too high!
Barry’s “shocked face” in that photo always made me laugh.
...and just why in H E double Q does any one get any satisfaction noising their deranged behavior from the house tops. I don’t want to know about it, I am not interested in the least, it is none of my business, etc, etc.
Just what is it about the closet you found so t?errible that you couldn’t find youself alone in it? You just had to come out and share?
Please go back where you belong, rejoice in your depravity for as long as you are able to stomach it on your own and leave me out of it, sharing is not caring.
Because it is no longer about a acceptance... but rather... it’s about support and celebrate or be attacked and condemned.
Glad they are seeing through the propaganda.
Gays commissioning a poll would seem to be the definition of a priori bias as well as confirmation bias.
Degeneracy should never be accepted, tolerated, or condoned.
“My grandson and his friends avoiding them.
My granddaughter is the opposite but is also totally straight.”
Same with millennial children.
Could it be because when these people come out they can be belligerent assholes who blame their families for their psycho life choices?
And it is shoved down people’s throats at every opportunity. Every show, even reality shows, HAVE to include the sodomites, lesbians and female/male things. Even young people are starting to find it repulsive.
It’s very tiring to have to be around their gay-centric narcissism. Can’t we stick them on an island...Not my island! They are not misfits, they are broken and degenerate scum.
The youth are torn between tolerance and the rap/Hispanic/Muslim culture that has a disdain for gays.
“In my experience, women just don’t understand how horrible sodomy between males really is”
Wonder how many homo male couples actually do that.
I agree that sodomy is a nasty, dangerous thing.
It’s been said that the generation now in their teens (behind Millenials - Gen Z. I think?) are the most conservative-leaning generation since the Greatest generation.
If that’s true, there is hope.
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