Public opinion polls on lesbian. gay, bisexual, & transgender
(LGBT) matters Problems measuring public opinion using polls
About public opinion: There is a massive division among the
American public over matters relating to sexual orientation:
||Religious conservatives have traditionally believed that
homosexual behavior is chosen, changeable, unnatural, abnormal,
and a sin which is hated by God. It is caused by poor parenting.
||Human sexuality researchers who have studied sexual
orientation have concluded that all three orientations
(heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual) are not chosen; they are
unchangeable, natural, and normal. At least for male gays, a
homosexual orientation has been proven to have a very strong
genetic ||Almost all religious liberals and progressives,
secularists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other therapists
have generally adopted the findings of sexuality researchers.
||Many mainline denominations are engaged in heated debates as
their membership splits on homosexual topics betwe