PR NEWSWIRE — Jan 17 – A survey, released by Chemistry.com, reveals 84% of Americans agree there's nothing wrong with premarital sex, 72% of singles agree that gay people fall in love the same way straight people do, 79% believes that gay people should have the right to find a meaningful relationship and 74% endorse the idea of gay marriage or civil unions.
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Mark Brooks: I'm not so sure about that. Your comments please…
Say what? This doesn’t sound like a statistically valid study to me (at all), e.g. “74% endorse the idea of gay marriage or civil unions”.
That is very high percentage. The average American is socially conservative.
This sounds like one of those online polls that have 80 responses, 60 of which came from one person telling his/her friends (with similar views) to vote the same way he/she did.
Say what? This doesn’t sound like a statistically valid study to me (at all), e.g. “74% endorse the idea of gay marriage or civil unions”.
That is very high percentage. The average American is socially conservative.
This sounds like one of those online polls that have 80 responses, 60 of which came from one person telling his/her friends (with similar views) to vote the same way he/she did.
While I applaud Chemistry for conducting such an important survey especially during an election year, I unfortunately do not have as much confidence in the American “voting” public that the results posited by Chemistry’s study will be reflected in this coming election or election soon thereafter.
Although I have not personally conducted a national study to survey the same questions as Chemistry has, I do know first hand as a gay man and as the founder of a “gay relationship” and “long-term commitment” focused dating service that the majority of society does not support gay marriage, or equal rights for the gay community. Every day we gain new users on our site that have questions related to their privacy and confidentiality because they live in parts of this country that still openly condemn homosexuality and their safety is a concern. I yearn for the day in which the entire American population reflects the type of statistics that Chemistry’s survey is positing, but I don’t see us there yet.
What I found interested about Chemistry.com’s survey, is that the methodology of the survey specifies “1,004 adults age 18 and older”. Many American’s do have a progressive perspective on sexuality, but this open-minded way of thinking is from our new generation, just as acceptance of gay people and homophobia follows generational lines. Meaning, many 18 -25 year olds are more sexually open than past generations were at the same age, and likewise many 18 – 25 year olds are more accepting of sexually diverse populations of people than older generations. I wonder what the percentage and age break-down of the 1004 surveyed actually is for Chemistry’s study.
For comparison’s purpose, an ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll conducted by telephone among a random national sample of 1,036 adults posits the following results:
55% say gay marriage should be illegal (of that are 59% men) and only 46 percent favored same-sex civil unions; with 38% of American’s wanting a constitution Amendment to ban same-sex marriage. They also found that “Opponents of gay marriage include eight in 10 evangelical white Protestants, three in four senior citizens, three-quarters of conservatives and more than seven in 10 Republicans. Across the spectrum, same-sex marriage is supported by 56 percent of those under 40, two-thirds of those who profess no religion and nearly seven in 10 liberals.”
While I hope every day for statistics like the Chemistry.com survey to represent our county’s beliefs for equality, we can see by the presidential candidates that we as a nation are selecting to represent the voice of the people in this election year that it is very clear: the majority of the voting public does not support gay marriage.
Patrick H. Perrine
President
http://www.myPartner.com
While I applaud Chemistry for conducting such an important survey especially during an election year, I unfortunately do not have as much confidence in the American “voting” public that the results posited by Chemistry’s study will be reflected in this coming election or election soon thereafter.
Although I have not personally conducted a national study to survey the same questions as Chemistry has, I do know first hand as a gay man and as the founder of a “gay relationship” and “long-term commitment” focused dating service that the majority of society does not support gay marriage, or equal rights for the gay community. Every day we gain new users on our site that have questions related to their privacy and confidentiality because they live in parts of this country that still openly condemn homosexuality and their safety is a concern. I yearn for the day in which the entire American population reflects the type of statistics that Chemistry’s survey is positing, but I don’t see us there yet.
What I found interested about Chemistry.com’s survey, is that the methodology of the survey specifies “1,004 adults age 18 and older”. Many American’s do have a progressive perspective on sexuality, but this open-minded way of thinking is from our new generation, just as acceptance of gay people and homophobia follows generational lines. Meaning, many 18 -25 year olds are more sexually open than past generations were at the same age, and likewise many 18 – 25 year olds are more accepting of sexually diverse populations of people than older generations. I wonder what the percentage and age break-down of the 1004 surveyed actually is for Chemistry’s study.
For comparison’s purpose, an ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll conducted by telephone among a random national sample of 1,036 adults posits the following results:
55% say gay marriage should be illegal (of that are 59% men) and only 46 percent favored same-sex civil unions; with 38% of American’s wanting a constitution Amendment to ban same-sex marriage. They also found that “Opponents of gay marriage include eight in 10 evangelical white Protestants, three in four senior citizens, three-quarters of conservatives and more than seven in 10 Republicans. Across the spectrum, same-sex marriage is supported by 56 percent of those under 40, two-thirds of those who profess no religion and nearly seven in 10 liberals.”
While I hope every day for statistics like the Chemistry.com survey to represent our county’s beliefs for equality, we can see by the presidential candidates that we as a nation are selecting to represent the voice of the people in this election year that it is very clear: the majority of the voting public does not support gay marriage.
Patrick H. Perrine
President
http://www.myPartner.com
Well, although I would love to believe that these survey results are correct, I have been around long enough to realize that this is not the case. Only one state recognizes gay marriage and a few others have domestic partnerships laws in place and that does not reflect these numbers.
What this does tell me is that Chemistry.com’s member demographics are more liberal than most. Considering their print ads and commercials that attack e-harmony’s stance on the lack of ability to search for and connect with LGBT members, I believe that the users of Chemistry.com are younger, more educated and come from larger and more sophisticated urban areas than the members of e-harmony.
That being said, I think the most disturbing thing about this survey is the following stat; “79% believes that gay people should have the right to find a meaningful relationship”. That means that even on Chemistry.com, 21% of respondents don’t believe that gay people even have the “right” to have a relationship. I guess these are the same people that believe it’s not right to judge other people.
Rob Reimer
Senior Marketing Manager
MANHUNT.net
Well, although I would love to believe that these survey results are correct, I have been around long enough to realize that this is not the case. Only one state recognizes gay marriage and a few others have domestic partnerships laws in place and that does not reflect these numbers.
What this does tell me is that Chemistry.com’s member demographics are more liberal than most. Considering their print ads and commercials that attack e-harmony’s stance on the lack of ability to search for and connect with LGBT members, I believe that the users of Chemistry.com are younger, more educated and come from larger and more sophisticated urban areas than the members of e-harmony.
That being said, I think the most disturbing thing about this survey is the following stat; “79% believes that gay people should have the right to find a meaningful relationship”. That means that even on Chemistry.com, 21% of respondents don’t believe that gay people even have the “right” to have a relationship. I guess these are the same people that believe it’s not right to judge other people.
Rob Reimer
Senior Marketing Manager
MANHUNT.net
The methodology doesn’t state if the random sample were chemistry.com members but I have a hard time believing a random telephone survey would be so liberal. Especially considering many in the 18-25 demographic don’t have listed numbers.
The methodology doesn’t state if the random sample were chemistry.com members but I have a hard time believing a random telephone survey would be so liberal. Especially considering many in the 18-25 demographic don’t have listed numbers.