|
Question |
Agree |
Disagree |
|
It is OK for
gay athletes to participate in sports, even if
they are open about their sexuality |
78% |
22% |
|
It is OK for
male athletes to participate in sports even if
they are openly gay |
86% |
14% |
|
It is OK for
female athletes to participate in sports even if
they are openly gay |
78% |
22% |
|
It's OK for
homosexuals to participate in sports provided
they are not open about their sexuality |
40% |
61% |
|
Having an
openly gay player hurts the entire team |
24% |
76% |
|
I would be
less of fan of a particular athlete if I knew
that he or she was openly gay |
24% |
76% |
|
Having an
openly gay athlete hurts the entire sport |
23% |
78% |
|
I would enjoy
the sport less if I knew a player was gay |
21% |
79% |
|
Positive
portrayals of gay athletes in the media may
encourage children to become gay |
19% |
71% |
|
Openly gay
athletes should be excluded from playing team
sports |
14% |
86% |
|
Americans are
more accepting of gays in sports today than they
were twenty years ago |
79% |
22% |
|
It would hurt
an athlete's career to be openly gay |
68% |
21% |
|
Gay athletes
are unfairly treated in both their private and
professional lives |
66% |
34% |
|
Society is
more accepting of gays playing sports like golf
or tennis and less accepting of gays athletes
participating in more contact sports like
wrestling and boxing |
65% |
35% |
|
Women's
sports are typically more accepting of gay
athletes |
60% |
40% |
|
Openly gay
athletes cannot receive the same endorsement
deals as other athletes regardless of how they
perform on the field |
51% |
49% |
|
I admire an
athlete who is openly gay |
48% |
52% |
|
What America
needs now is an open discussion about
homosexuality and sports |
47% |
52% |
|
Many women in
professional sports are lesbians |
20% |
79% |
|
Lesbians are
better athletes than straight women |
10% |
89% |
|
Whether they
like it or not, professional athletes are role
models for children |
90% |
11% |
|
What athletes
do in their private life is their own business |
67% |
34% |
|
What an
athlete does off the court does not affect my
enjoyment of his/her performance on the court |
54% |
46% |
|
It is a sin
to engage in homosexual behavior |
44% |
48% |
|
Homosexuality
is a way of life that should be accepted by
society |
61% |
33% |
|
Brands and
products are unlikely to select athletes as
endorsers if the athletes are gay or even have
been accused of being gay |
64% |
11% |
|
The reason
there is so little coverage of gays in sports is
because America is not ready to accept gay
athletes |
62% |
13% |
|
The reason
there is so little coverage of gays in sports is
because gays in sports are largely in the closet |
57% |
11% |
|
If Sports
Illustrated put more emphasis on gay athletes, a
public buzz would develop and it would be
largely negative |
52% |
15% |
|
If ESPN
created a television special on the
accomplishments of gay athletes, viewers would
be enraged |
42% |
22% |
|
Americans
would be less proud of an Olympics gold winning
athlete is he/she were gay and "out" |
41% |
32% |
|
If Sports
Illustrated put more emphasis on gay athletes,
in far-ranging editorial features, its
readership and the general public would welcome
this shift |
19% |
43% |
|
The reason
there is so little coverage of gays in sports is
because so few gays play sports |
15% |
43% |
|
Society
should not put any restrictions on sex between
consenting adults in the privacy of their own
home |
77% |
18% |
|
Gay and
lesbian couples can be as good parents as
heterosexual couples |
59% |
35% |
|
Gay marriage
would go against my religious beliefs |
55% |
38% |
|
It is a sin
to engage in homosexual behavior |
44% |
46% |
