Sara Greenlee

I two articles I chose to examine for our Sexuality Quiz were, "Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same Sex Marriage" and "Is Love (Color) Blind? The Economy of Race among Gay and Straight Daters." In, "Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same Sex Marriage," authors Darren E. Sherkat, Kylan Mattias de Vries, and Stacia Creek, examined what influences people's, blacks and whites specifically, opinions of same sex marriage. Their methods consisted of examining General Social Surveys. Upon examining the General Social Surveys, Sherkat, Mattias de Vries, and Creek's found that, because of education, whites are more tolerant of same sex marriage than blacks. Other factors of blacks and whites opinions of same sex marriage included income, race, religion, and sex. Whites statistically make more money than blacks, and have higher educations, thus whites have higher tolerance for same marriage. Whereas, blacks are more religious, specifically black women. Religiously, homosexuality is big no, so this makes sense why religious black women are against same marriage. In other words, race and religion, do play a factor in being in favor of same sex marriage, or opposing same sex marriage. As for article number two, "Is Love (Color) Blind? The Economy of Race among Gay and Straight Daters," authors Jennifer H. Lundquist and Ken-Hou Lin, evaluate whether or not interracial couples are more prominent with heterosexual couples, or homosexual couples. To determine this finding, their methods consisted of evaluating online dating, specifically between white gay and straight online daters. The article results showed that people look for the certain genders that attracts them, but regardless of their sexual preference, to these examined online daters, it didn't matter what race they were communicating with, these online daters didn't have a problem with being interracial couples. As to the why of these results, this does make sense; online dating is known for being a guide for easy, quick, hookups. To ensure quick hookups however, that means that people can't be too picky about the girl or guy that they swipe right on, meaning picky of the race of their potential partner. Based on these findings, it is safe to say that love is not color blind, whether you are gay or straight.