Very few churches have released statements about bisexuality, and research into the bisexual Christian community has been effected by the fact that bisexual Christians are often considered the same as lesbian and gay Christians.[43] However, in 1972, a Quaker group, the Committee of Friends on Bisexuality, issued the “Ithaca Statement on Bisexuality” supporting bisexuals.[44] The Statement, which may have been "the first public declaration of the bisexual movement" and "was certainly the first statement on bisexuality issued by an American religious assembly," appeared in the Quaker Friends Journal and The Advocate in 1972.[45][46][47] Today Quakers have varying opinions on LGBT people and rights, with some Quaker groups more accepting than others.[48]