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July 8th, 2003
Queer

Generation Gap over Gay Marriage

Debate on Gay Unions Splits Along Generations

By Amanda Paulson, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

For today’s teenagers, homosexuality has never been a taboo topic.

They’ve grown up with positive gay characters on MTV’s the Real World, and on network shows like Will and Grace. Many have “gay-straight alliances” at their high schools. And it’s a safe bet that they know someone who’s gay. All of which helps explain why for many young people, their reaction to today’s debates over gay rights issues from marriage to antisodomy laws is simply: What’s the big deal?

In fact, the biggest divide over gay rights in America today may not be along political parties or religious factions, but among generations.

In a recent Gallup poll, 72 percent of those aged 18-29 agreed homosexual relations should be legal, compared with 39 percent of those aged 65 and older. Most Americans don’t believe same-sex couples should be able to marry, yet 59 percent of incoming college freshmen support same-sex marriage, according to the latest survey by the Higher Education Research Institute.

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