Why do people hate gay marriage

Young people have more favourable views than their elders, so attitudes will gradually but inexorably shift as one generation replaces another. Public debate often seems to be conducted by ideological warriors at the righteous extremes, aiming to deride and defeat their adversaries rather than to persuade.

Younger people are consistently more likely to support marriage equality than older people. “Many people who oppose same-sex marriage are uncomfortable with casual. People who are religiously affiliated, attend religious services and hold more literal or traditional interpretations of religious texts are more opposed to same-sex marriage.

Why people oppose same

It is sometimes argued that attitudes to same-sex marriage are deeply entrenched and attempts to alter them are pointless. Homosexual civil marriage would make it even easier than it already is for men to rationalize their abandonment of their children.

Why do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it? But what arguments do people with different attitudes appeal to when justifying their position? She found that the idea of naturalness featured differently in the public statements of same-sex marriage opponents and advocates.

Why? Same-sex civil marriage would institutionalize the idea that children do not need both their mother and their father. Conservatives tend to oppose marriage equality. Most often change occurred as a result of contact with someone personally affected by it.

Same-sex marriage attitudes are predictable based on our political and religious beliefs, and our demographic attributes. Several factors are now well established. Recent research shines a revealing light on the roots of pro- and anti-marriage equality sentiment.

Indeed, it has been estimated that two thirds of the recent historical change in attitudes is due to people altering their views rather than to generational shifts. Organizations that oppose LGBTQ rights often resist the enactment of laws legalizing same-sex marriage, the passage of anti-discrimination legislation aimed at curbing discrimination against LGBTQ people (including in employment and housing), the adoption of anti-bullying laws to protect LGBTQ minors, the decriminalization of same-gender.

A paper published this year by American sociologists Amy Armenia and Bailey Troia reviews research on factors that predict views on same-sex marriage. Attitudes to same-sex marriage appear more malleable than we might have expected.

Religious affiliation and observance are important factors in their own right. One reason and the reason for the term homophobia is closeted gay people who hate themselves and take it out on other gay people. A third group of factors associated with same-sex marriage attitudes is demographic.

Opponents invoked naturalness primarily in relation to parenthood. Although public debate may appear to reflect a battle between adamant, unshakeable positions, our attitudes may be open to influence, persuasion and evolving social norms.

With the same-sex marriage law coming into effect with the first ceremonies in England and Wales on Saturday, who are those that oppose it and what are their reasons? One study found people who viewed God as male were especially likely to be opposed.

A UCLA psychology study published online today in the journal Psychological Science concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous than heterosexuals, which they may fear could threaten their own marriages and their way of life.

Sometimes the debate on gay. This would be particularly important for men, who are more likely to abandon their children. Most obvious is political orientation. This rapid attitudinal change is due substantially to individuals modifying their views. It helps explain the roots of our attitudes to same-sex marriage, and whether they are shallow enough to allow attitudes to change.

Of course, the real reason (even for the closet cases) is that you can become powerful dividing a society and encouraging violence, as so many in a particular party are doing. Women, younger people, more educated people and people living in urban regions tend to be more favourably disposed to same-sex marriage.

Can minds be changed on this issue?

In Defense of Tradition

However, the change in public opinion on same-sex marriage has been too rapid to be explained by generational replacement. Although they tend to be more religious than liberals, their opposition to same-sex marriage is not reducible to their religiosity.

As the Australian same-sex marriage debate heats up it may be time for cool reflection on the sources of our polarised views.