Frame Nicole
Sociology Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
J Homosex. 2021 Nov 10;68(13):2285-2300. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2020.1736430. Epub 2020 Mar 27.
The Non-religious have been growing in numbers in the United States over the past decade. Yet even with their now large numbers we know little about the differences between various versions of non-religious affiliation. Using 2014 survey data from the Public Religion Research Institute this paper examines the attitudes toward same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption of the non-religious. Two non-religious groups are examined Non-theists (atheists and agnostics) and the Religiously Disengaged (non-religious but not atheist or agnostic). Our hypotheses ask if Non-theists are more likely to support same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption than the Religiously Disengaged. The hypotheses are tested across regression models that account for lingering religiosity, religious upbringing, and knowing a homosexual person. The data indicate that there are significant differences between Non-theists and the Religiously Disengaged across all models, with Non-theists being more likely to support same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption than the Religiously Disengaged.
在过去十年里，美国无宗教信仰者的数量一直在增加。然而，即便他们如今人数众多，我们对不同类型无宗教信仰归属之间的差异却知之甚少。本文利用公共宗教研究所2014年的调查数据，研究了无宗教信仰者对同性婚姻和同性收养的态度。研究了两个无宗教信仰群体：非有神论者（无神论者和不可知论者）和宗教疏离者（无宗教信仰但不是无神论者或不可知论者）。我们的假设是，非有神论者是否比宗教疏离者更有可能支持同性婚姻和同性收养。这些假设在考虑了残留宗教信仰、宗教教养以及认识同性恋者的回归模型中进行了检验。数据表明，在所有模型中，非有神论者和宗教疏离者之间都存在显著差异，非有神论者比宗教疏离者更有可能支持同性婚姻和同性收养。
