Homosexuality The Role Of Religion And Cultural Context...

People who attend church regularly will be more likely to be opposed to homosexual relations, all else being equal. Religion and views on homosexuality are closely linked. As Amy Adamczyk and Cassady Pitt note in their research, â€Å"Shaping attitudes about homosexuality: The role of religion and cultural context,† â€Å"religion is often seen as an important predictor of attitudes about homosexuality.† The reason for this is because some people believe views on homosexuality are written into the Bible, and that this provides evidence with which to justify discrimination against homosexuals. Therefore, regularly attending church not only implies a strong affiliation and deeply held beliefs, but constant exposure to these views. Not all religions profess the same views on homosexuality, but the most popular one, the Catholic Church, tends to hold negative views on the subject. Albert L. Winseman’s paper â€Å"Religion Colors Teen Views of Gay Marriageâ₠¬  has also looked into this relationship, except this focuses explicitly on youth views. Research Design In order to retest this hypothesis, I will be using data from the GSS (General Social Survey) 2012 dataset. The unit of analysis will be individual people. Specifically, there will be an examination of people’s church attendance, while controlling for educational status and political views to see how church attendance may be correlated with views on homosexual sex. There will be 1,163 units that will be studied. I will beShow MoreRelatedChristianity And Homosexuality : The Way Of Thinking1395 Words   |  6 PagesSimilar to the ancient Greeks’ way of thinking, homosexuality in Christianity was considered taboo because of the way the homosexual acts (specifically sodomy) were considered to degrade one partner to the status of a female. 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