Edwird
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ORIGINAL: Awareness 52% of them said homosexuality should be illegal with roughly the same number saying it's unacceptable for a gay or lesbian teacher to educate their children and a third of them think polygamy should be legalised. Fifty-two percent being about the same or possibly higher in such surveys taken in the US ~ twenty years ago, likely similar in Britain. Probably actually higher for the lesbian/gay teacher question, either country. Likely similar results in a number of other countries, not very long ago. And we've only just, barely (if not yet completely), got the same sex marriage thing sorted. And we know that only Moslems want government laws dictated by religious considerations, but not everybody got the memo: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/1-the-10-states-illegally-make-sodomy-illegal-plus-4-only-if-youre-gay/politics/2012/03/09/35913 "Despite the landmark Supreme Court Lawrence v. Texas case (2003) that invalidated anti-sodomy laws and, therefore, essentially made sodomy legal, there are still 14 states in the country where sodomy is on the books as “illegal,” plus an additional four where sodomy is illegal only if you’re gay. All Sodomy Outlawed: Idaho, Utah, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana. Just for gays: Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas. Since Lawrence, efforts to formally repeal laws in Montana, Kansas, Utah, Louisiana, North Carolina, and, most notably, Texas have all faced resistance before fizzling out in their respective state legislatures. (Christian) Conservatives in those states know they can’t enforce the laws, but by keeping them in the code, they can send a message that homosexuality is officially condemned by the government." http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/21/12-states-ban-sodomy-a-decade-after-court-ruling/7981025/
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