Homosexuality and Sports Survey

Question	Agree	Disagree
It is OK for gay athletes to participate in sports, even if they are open about their sexuality	78%	22%
It is OK for male athletes to participate in sports even if they are openly gay	86%	14%
It is OK for female athletes to participate in sports even if they are openly gay	78%	22%
It's OK for homosexuals to participate in sports provided they are not open about their sexuality	40%	61%
Having an openly gay player hurts the entire team	24%	76%
I would be less of fan of a particular athlete if I knew that he or she was openly gay	24%	76%
Having an openly gay athlete hurts the entire sport	23%	78%
I would enjoy the sport less if I knew a player was gay	21%	79%
Positive portrayals of gay athletes in the media may encourage children to become gay	19%	71%
Openly gay athletes should be excluded from playing team sports	14%	86%
Americans are more accepting of gays in sports today than they were twenty years ago	79%	22%
It would hurt an athlete's career to be openly gay	68%	21%
Gay athletes are unfairly treated in both their private and professional lives	66%	34%
Society is more accepting of gays playing sports like golf or tennis and less accepting of gays athletes participating in more contact sports like wrestling and boxing	65%	35%
Women's sports are typically more accepting of gay athletes	60%	40%
Openly gay athletes cannot receive the same endorsement deals as other athletes regardless of how they perform on the field	51%	49%
I admire an athlete who is openly gay	48%	52%
What America needs now is an open discussion about homosexuality and sports	47%	52%
Many women in professional sports are lesbians	20%	79%
Lesbians are better athletes than straight women	10%	89%
Whether they like it or not, professional athletes are role models for children	90%	11%
What athletes do in their private life is their own business	67%	34%
What an athlete does off the court does not affect my enjoyment of his/her performance on the court	54%	46%
It is a sin to engage in homosexual behavior	44%	48%
Homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society	61%	33%
Brands and products are unlikely to select athletes as endorsers if the athletes are gay or even have been accused of being gay	64%	11%
The reason there is so little coverage of gays in sports is because America is not ready to accept gay athletes	62%	13%
The reason there is so little coverage of gays in sports is because gays in sports are largely in the closet	57%	11%
If Sports Illustrated put more emphasis on gay athletes, a public buzz would develop and it would be largely negative	52%	15%
If ESPN created a television special on the accomplishments of gay athletes, viewers would be enraged	42%	22%
Americans would be less proud of an Olympics gold winning athlete is he/she were gay and "out"	41%	32%
If Sports Illustrated put more emphasis on gay athletes, in far-ranging editorial features, its readership and the general public would welcome this shift	19%	43%
The reason there is so little coverage of gays in sports is because so few gays play sports	15%	43%
Society should not put any restrictions on sex between consenting adults in the privacy of their own home	77%	18%
Gay and lesbian coupes can be as good parents as heterosexual couples	59%	35%
Gay marriage would go against my religious beliefs	55%	38%
It is a sin to engage in homosexual behavior	44%	46%