* Poll conducted by Los Angeles Times. March, 2004. Sample N: 1616 respondents.
APPENDIX F: GSS TABLE – Public Opinion on Homosexual Relations
qUESTION: What about sexual relations between two adults of the same sex do you think it is always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all?
YEAR
|
Always Wrong
|
Nearly
Always Wrong
|
Sometimes
Wrong
|
Not Wrong
At All
|
AW - NWAA
|
N
|
1973
|
72.7
|
6.6
|
7.6
|
11
|
61.7
|
1,448
|
1974
|
70.5
|
5
|
7.9
|
13
|
57.5
|
1,412
|
1975
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
1976
|
70.1
|
6.2
|
7.9
|
15.9
|
54.2
|
1,426
|
1977
|
71.9
|
5.8
|
7.5
|
14.9
|
57
|
1,453
|
1978
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
1980
|
73.3
|
6
|
6.1
|
14.6
|
58.7
|
1,397
|
1982
|
74.8
|
5.3
|
6.5
|
13.4
|
61.4
|
1,771
|
1983
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
1984
|
73.3
|
5
|
7.4
|
14.3
|
59
|
1,412
|
1985
|
75.3
|
4
|
7
|
13.7
|
61.6
|
1,484
|
1986
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
1987
|
78.2
|
4.1
|
5.8
|
11.9
|
66.3
|
1,750
|
1988
|
76.8
|
4.7
|
5.7
|
12.8
|
64
|
937
|
1989
|
74.2
|
4.1
|
6
|
15.7
|
58.5
|
980
|
1990
|
76.3
|
4.8
|
6.1
|
12.8
|
63.5
|
872
|
1991
|
75.5
|
4.1
|
4.4
|
16
|
59.5
|
926
|
1993
|
66.3
|
4.3
|
7.3
|
22
|
44.3
|
1,012
|
1994
|
66.5
|
4
|
6.2
|
23.3
|
43.2
|
1,884
|
1996
|
60.4
|
5.2
|
6.2
|
28.2
|
32.2
|
1,784
|
1998
|
58
|
5.7
|
6.9
|
29.4
|
28.6
|
1,753
|
2000
|
58.8
|
4.5
|
8
|
28.8
|
30
|
1,697
|
2002
|
55
|
4.9
|
7.1
|
33
|
22
|
884
|
2004
|
57.6
|
4.7
|
6.9
|
30.8
|
26.8
|
868
|
2006
|
55.1
|
5
|
7.1
|
32.7
|
22.3
|
1,908
|
Total
|
68.2
|
5
|
6.8
|
19.7
|
43.2
|
29,058
|
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