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Posted: 5/12/08 at 2:01pm
Survey shows gays ‘ignorant’ of basic rights issues
Majority of respondents flunk test on U.S. laws
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | May 1, 3:57 PM
Few gay Americans understand their basic rights, according to an analysis released this week.
Based on the responses of 768 gays, lesbians and bisexuals to a national poll given in November, the analysis found that most respondents could not correctly answer four questions regarding their state and federal rights.
“I think ‘ignorant’ is the right word, unfortunately,” said Pat Egan, an assistant professor of politics at New York University who is gay and helped write the analysis.
The poll by City University of New York’s Hunter College asked whether same-sex marriages were legal in the respondent’s state, if the U.S. Constitution bans same-sex marriage, whether gays can serve openly in the U.S. military and if there’s a federal law barring the firing of workers based on their sexual orientation.
Egan said only 38 percent of poll respondents answered all four questions correctly.
http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=18057
Majority of respondents flunk test on U.S. laws
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | May 1, 3:57 PM
Few gay Americans understand their basic rights, according to an analysis released this week.
Based on the responses of 768 gays, lesbians and bisexuals to a national poll given in November, the analysis found that most respondents could not correctly answer four questions regarding their state and federal rights.
“I think ‘ignorant’ is the right word, unfortunately,” said Pat Egan, an assistant professor of politics at New York University who is gay and helped write the analysis.
The poll by City University of New York’s Hunter College asked whether same-sex marriages were legal in the respondent’s state, if the U.S. Constitution bans same-sex marriage, whether gays can serve openly in the U.S. military and if there’s a federal law barring the firing of workers based on their sexual orientation.
Egan said only 38 percent of poll respondents answered all four questions correctly.
http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=18057
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