Priscilla Gabriel

After reading the articles, "Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage", and "Framing Strategies and Public Support for the Legalization of Marriage Between Two People of the Same-Sex", I found many interesting things that were related in both the articles. In the first article, they looked at the differences in race when it came to what they thought about same-sex marriage. The study showed that African-Americans are less supportive to same-sex marriage compared to those that are white. The article also showed that religion had a lot to do with the reasoning of people who either supported or were against same-sex marriage. Many of the African-Americans who were against same-sex marriage came from a church that was racially segregated. Something that this article also mentioned was that younger generations were more acceptable to same-sex marriage than the older generation. They believed that the younger generation is more open to the idea open about sexuality and also can tolerate same-sex couples. Another thing that the article "Race, Religion.." mentioned was that when they asked people who were married and people who were single if they supported same-sex marriage, married people were the ones who opposed the idea more. One last thing that this article included was that education also had an impact on what people thought about same-sex marriage. People who were educated and going to school were more against same-sex marriage than those who didn't have much of an education. In the second article, "Framing Strategies and Public Support…), there were many similar ideas stated that were mentioned in the first article as well. This article also talked about the different terms used to describe these couples. Some people who supported the same-sex couples viewed the term "homosexual couples" as being a negative term. However, they believed that the terms "gay couples" or "same-sex couples" was more positive. One thing that both these articles had said was the women were more like to agree with same-sex marriage rather than men. This article mentioned that when giving a survey to individuals asking whether they agreed with same-sex marriage, they used different terms. For example, for one survey they would use the term "same-sex couples" and in another survey, they would use "homosexual couples". They did this to see if the different terms being used would affect the outcome of their answers. The results showed that these terms didn't change or impact what their answer would be.