| Issue | America | Me |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor assisted suicide | Even | Acceptable |
| Gay or lesbian relations | Acceptable (+9%) | Acceptable |
| Abortion | Unacceptable (-12%) | Acceptable |
| Having a baby outside of marriage | Acceptable (+14%) | Acceptable |
| Buying and wearing clothing made of animal fur | Acceptable (+25%) | Acceptable1 |
| Medical testing on animals | Acceptable (+25%) | Acceptable |
| Gambling | Acceptable (+27%) | Acceptable |
| Medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos | Acceptable (+27%) | Acceptable |
| Cloning animals | Acceptable (+32%) | Acceptable |
| Divorce | Acceptable (+46%) | Acceptable |
| Suicide | Unacceptable (-62%) | Acceptable2 |
| Cloning humans | Unacceptable (-79%) | Acceptable |
| Polygamy, when one husband has more than one wife at the same time | Unacceptable (-83%) | Unacceptable3 |
| Married men and women having an affair | Unacceptable (-86%) | Unacceptable4 |
Now if I could just get Gallup to do a similar poll on leather, S&M, golden showers and walking naked through public streets....
Footnotes:
1There is nothing inherently morally wrong with wearing animal fur, however there is something morally wrong with killing hundreds of animals to make one coat for no other reason than vanity. I wish there were a way to guarantee that animal fur used for coats only came from animals that are already dying for other reasons, but sadly with few exceptions such as leather, this is not the world we live in. So although fur coats are not inherently evil, I am totally against them.
2We usually think of suicide as someone giving up, but I'm expanding it to include people that are terminally ill with a severely decreased quality of life (i.e. severe pain, etc). When a pet is experiencing this we euthanize them and say it is the "humane" thing to do. But when the same happens to Grandma, all of a sudden we can't do the humane thing to humans. Makes no sense to me.
3I have no problem with polygamy if that's what all involved want. I don't think it typically works very well, but who am I to say? That said, this question was specifically worded with gender imbalances so in this light I think it is wrong.
4Again, I have no problem with people doing as they see fit. However, the use of the word "affair" implies that this is occuring without consent.
1 comment:
Very interesting points you made here. Now, as to walking naked down the street....hand in hand with my same gender spouse! Thanks!
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