BEELD READERS AGAINST GAY RELATIONSHIPS
A poll on the Beeld newspaper’s website had revealed that the majority of the site’s visitors do not believe that gay relationships should be accepted by churches.
The poll, in Afrikaans, asks: “Do you believe that churches should accept gay relationships?”
The three options that visitors can respond with are: “Yes”, “No” and “My heart says one thing, my head another”.
At the time of writing, over 61% of the respondents, over 7,000 votes, replied “No”.
Only 17%, over 2,500 votes, answered “yes”.
The poll, bolstered by its anonymity, likely reflects extensive homophobia among the South African public, despite the country’s progressive pro-gay Constitution.
A 2008 Human Sciences Research Council study found that there was “widespread public intolerance of homosexuality activity” with 80 percent of respondents believing that sex between two same-gender persons is “wrong”.
While South Africa legalised civil same-sex marriages in 2006, the law does not compel religious institutions to recognise gay and lesbian relationships or marriages.
LOL, face it, die Beeld se demografie is ‘n skrale minderheid van regse konserwatiewes en waarskynlik ook maar die skynheiligste mense op aarde. Ek dink nie ons moet ons laat vererg oor wat hulle van gays dink nie. Hierdie peiling is so gesaghebbend soos ‘n skaap wat vir ‘n wolf vra wat soek hy vir aandete.
en natuurlik die grootste klomp Closet Cases bymekaar. Veral in Pretoria
This headline is terribly misleading, being against gay relationships and having churches accept them are two different things. What’s more is the wording in the question implies that if you say yes, you agree that churches should be forced to accept gay marriage.
Thankfully Beeld does not truelly reflect what the whole country feels, but it does open an intresting debate… maybe instead of crying homophobia in every corner. we gotta approach this better or we will be over sensitve little bitches forever
Who cares? Who wants the hypocrite churches of today’s approval on anything anyway?
And we care what for “YOUR” churches… ??? Keep “YOUR” churches for yourself. We don’t have to sit in “YOUR” church to feel better about our relationship with God…
And we care what for “YOUR” churches… ??? Keep “YOUR” churches for yourself. We don’t have to sit in “YOUR” church to feel better about our relationship with God…
I think it is unfair and very undemocratic to force a religious denomination not only to accept, but to practise something that they believe is wrong. I thought the separation of Church and State was something most societies strived for. It now appears that gays are pulling all the strings they can to get Government to impose their (LGBTI) minority beliefs on the Church. I can understand why many of these voters – who would normally be quite tolerant of the “gay lifestyle” – become very angry when they see gays trying to mess with religious laws which, they believe, come directly from God.
We do not need anything more than civil marriage, in my opinion.
Who is this a surprise to?
I always knew that if our rights or even freedom was put up to popular vote, we would be totally screwed!
This is the positive part to the USAs current equal rights drama, at least they are earning the favourable opinions by the public through the struggle.