Alina Moua, Soc 111 MWF @10am, Sexuality, 499 Words

In the article, Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage, methods that influences same-sex marriages varied from education background, religious, social status, political beliefs, and child-rearing responsibilities. Within this article, there are three main groups analyzed; the whites, African Americans, and "other" races. Among whites, they tend to have a higher education background. 32 percent of whites are also affiliated with being a Catholic. Considering another ethnic group, African Americans generally have a lower education background. For this reason, it becomes a strong predictor for GLBT rights. African American are also involved in religious organizations. With further research, due to the past of slavery and segregation, African Americans are less likely to be Catholic or attend liberal protestant churches. In this case, the support for same-sex marriages varied by race.

As a result, there is no difference among racial groups who oppose to same sex marriages. In this study, opposition has decreased throughout the time frame of 1988 to 2008. On page 8 if we examine the given graph, we are able to see the number of whites, blacks, and other races who are against same sex marriages gradually decrease. As shown, in 1988, 68.3 percent of whites opposed to same sex marriages and slowly decline by 14.5 percent by 2004. In a similar scenario, 68.5 percent of blacks opposed to same sex marriage in 1988 and lessens by 1.2 percent by 2004. Religious factor play more of a role for the ethnic groups choices, but that does not completely change the support for same sex marriages. Considering education being an influence, whites being the more dominant in the educational field, it creates positive effects for same sex marriages. In fact, even though African Americans are less educated, the outcome for supporting same sex marriages has no significant difference compared to the whites. Ultimately, the correlation between race and opposing same sex marriages has decreased within different racial groups throughout the years.

In the article, Children Having Children: Race Innocence and Sexuality Education, the author Jessica, targets a specific group in North Carolina, African American girls and women. The southerners population is mainly African Americans youths who are at risk. To further her research, Jessica attended school board meetings for 14 months. She tape recorded her interviews with administrators, educators, and activists with open ended questions that lasted from thirty minutes to three hours. From her research, Jessica found that African Americans are at risk due to low income, poverty, and racialized social problems. North Carolina abortion laws are more restrictive that they deny funds for abortion unless it involves rape or when the woman's life is in danger.

As a result, the social conditions of the youth's lives make a difference. The need for educating abstinence-plus struggles to include all children. Kids who have kids rely on welfare dependency because policy makers in Southern County fail to anticipate healthy lives for African American girls and women. Therefore, African American girls and women raise their kids in a racist society. With this intention, these girls and women are limited to resources.