Whitehead Andrew L
a Department of Sociology and Anthropology , Clemson University , Clemson , South Carolina , USA.
J Homosex. 2018;65(1):42-65. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1310550. Epub 2017 Mar 23.
Although a growing body of research focuses on Americans' attitudes toward same-sex couples as parents, very few include measures of religion, and those that do fail to capture its multidimensional nature. Furthermore, many past studies relied on convenience samples of college students, or samples gathered outside the United States. Multivariate analyses of the 2012 General Social Survey-a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States-reveal that a slim majority of Americans still do not believe same-sex couples can parent as well as male-female couples, and the religious beliefs, behaviors, and affiliations of Americans are significantly and at times differentially associated with appraisals of same-sex couples' parenting abilities. It appears that although religion is generally associated with more negative appraisals of the parenting abilities of same-sex couples, it is not uniformly so. Americans' immediate religious and cultural context can shape their appraisals of homosexuality in diverse ways.
尽管越来越多的研究聚焦于美国人对同性伴侣为人父母的态度，但很少有研究纳入宗教相关的衡量指标，即便有研究涉及，也未能充分体现宗教的多维度特性。此外，过去许多研究依赖大学生的便利样本，或是在美国境外收集的样本。对2012年综合社会调查（一项具有全国代表性的美国成年人样本）的多变量分析显示，略超半数的美国人仍然认为同性伴侣为人父母的能力不如异性伴侣，而且美国人的宗教信仰、行为及归属与对同性伴侣育儿能力的评价显著相关，且有时存在差异关联。看起来，虽然宗教总体上与对同性伴侣育儿能力的负面评价相关，但并非一概如此。美国人当下的宗教和文化背景会以多种方式影响他们对同性恋的评价。
