title: Comparative morality judgments about lesbians and gay men teaching and adopting children.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare morality judgments of American Catholics and the general public about lesbians and gay men adopting and teaching children. The general sample endorsed higher agreement that lesbians and gay men should be allowed to adopt and to teach children compared to the Catholic only sample. Older participants were less accepting than all other age groups, and there was an interaction effect between education and political ideology such that those with less education and with more politically conservative beliefs were generally less accepting of lesbians and gay men adopting and teaching children.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Le Moyne College , Syracuse , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Brenda J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michaelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002410:Catholicism; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D033303:Protestantism; D012071:Religion and Sex; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Catholics; adopting; education; homosexuality; lesbians and gay men; morality judgments; political ideology; religion; teaching