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Views on Homosexuality (view source)
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In regards to the various''' views on homosexuality''', factors which have affect on an invidual's view of homosexuality are: religious/philosophical beliefs, geographic location, education, and age.<ref>[http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=765 Pew Research Center - Views on homosexuality including Global Views]</ref><ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=20871 On views of homosexuality, U.S. differs from Canada, Britain, Baptist Press reporting on Gallup Poll 2005 Data]</ref> <ref>[http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=152 Barna Group Survey on Various Matters including homosexuality - religious groups and atheists agnostics included]</ref><ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/muslim.html The Muslim View Of Homosexuality]</ref> For example, in the [[United States]] those who are [[Theism|theists]] are more likely than [[Atheism|atheists]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] to believe that homosexuality is morally unacceptable.<ref>[http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=152 Barna Group Survey on Various Matters including homosexuality - religious groups and atheists agnostics included]</ref>
In regards to the various''' views on homosexuality''', factors which have affect on an invidual's view of homosexuality are: religious/philosophical beliefs, geographic location, education, and age.<ref>[http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=765 Pew Research Center - Views on homosexuality including Global Views]</ref><ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=20871 On views of homosexuality, U.S. differs from Canada, Britain, Baptist Press reporting on Gallup Poll 2005 Data]</ref> <ref>[http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=152 Barna Group Survey on Various Matters including homosexuality - religious groups and atheists agnostics included]</ref><ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/muslim.html The Muslim View Of Homosexuality]</ref> For example, in the [[United States]] those who are [[Theism|theists]] are more likely than [[Atheism|atheists]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] to believe that homosexuality is morally unacceptable.<ref>[http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=152 Barna Group Survey on Various Matters including homosexuality - religious groups and atheists agnostics included]</ref>
According to the [[Pew Research Center]] in the [[United States]] "twice as many liberals as conservatives (46% versus 22%) say people are born homosexual."<ref>http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=764</ref> In the United States liberals are also more likely to believe in the [[Theory of evolution|theory of evolution]].<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/22/opinion/polls/main965223.shtml</ref> In 1993, M. Green wrote in [[BMJ]] (British Medical Journal) that there is a conflict in regards to the theory of evolution and the notion of genetic determinism in regards to homosexuality. M. Green wrote "...from an evolutionary perspective, genetically determined homosexuality would have become extinct long ago because of reduced reproduction.<ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1678219 BMJ. 1993 August 7; 307(6900): 337–338.]</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality]]