Last time we asked our respondents if they thought homosexuality should be legalised. This time, we wanted to know how they would respond if they learnt that a family member was gay. We asked:
What would you do if you found out that a member of your family was a homosexual ... Would you ostracise the person, or would you try harder to be supportive of the person, or would you not change your opinion or behaviour towards the person?
Here's what we found out :
Ostracise the person 48% (484)
Be supportive 18% (181)
No change in opinion 24% (242)
Don't know 10% (101)
Most of the respondents said they would alienate any family member who they learnt was gay. This however, was not an overwhelming majority, as many would expect. The second-largest number of respondents said they would not change their opinion of a relative they found out was gay, while 18 per cent said they would be supportive of a gay relative.
The poll was conducted from January 28-29 by Johnson Survey Research Limited.
Sample size: 1,008 residents.
484 181 242 101
jeremy said
13:27 05/05 2008
okay then
Msz JayBee said
13:27 05/05 2008
that member would be ostracised in my family
Scoota said
13:27 05/05 2008
a caan jamaica dem do dat deh research
Jefstar said
13:28 05/05 2008
if a broda or father or son me nono what me would do, but after them three a Fyah fe all for sure
ZJSnyper said
13:28 05/05 2008
kill him
Dane said
13:29 05/05 2008
this nuh relevant to me. from a battyman wi bun dem man deh
Blue said
13:29 05/05 2008
murda him
up2 said
13:29 05/05 2008
nuh knowings fi dem....fyah
dj slr said
13:29 05/05 2008
bullet up dem blo*o*dclaattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
outandbadint said
13:29 05/05 2008
lol.......................... kill them off
Dane said
13:30 05/05 2008
chap him up. and feed him to dog
viper_3kj said
13:30 05/05 2008
which family member you talking.......i've never heard of such person. Once them gay mi nuh know you.
pengo said
13:34 05/05 2008
mi noh think mi coulda kill my reletive jus soh if dem a fish, a next man will do it. but mi jus naa goh have nuttn fi do wid him. KEEP YO DISTANCE YOUT!
linko said
13:54 05/05 2008
bullilet
kolonji said
13:57 05/05 2008
1 ting mi have fi say to dis man a bad man and mi kno friend fish
vybz10107 said
14:03 05/05 2008
mi rate what pengo seh but no knowings fi dem another man just bullet dem
Shem1 said
15:47 05/11 2008
pengo wrote:
mi noh think mi coulda kill my reletive jus soh if dem a fish, a next man will do it. but mi jus naa goh have nuttn fi do wid him. KEEP YO DISTANCE YOUT!
Last time we asked our respondents if they thought homosexuality should be legalised. This time, we wanted to know how they would respond if they learnt that a family member was gay. We asked:
What would you do if you found out that a member of your family was a homosexual ... Would you ostracise the person, or would you try harder to be supportive of the person, or would you not change your opinion or behaviour towards the person?
Here's what we found out :
Ostracise the person 48% (484)
Be supportive 18% (181)
No change in opinion 24% (242)
Don't know 10% (101)
Most of the respondents said they would alienate any family member who they learnt was gay. This however, was not an overwhelming majority, as many would expect. The second-largest number of respondents said they would not change their opinion of a relative they found out was gay, while 18 per cent said they would be supportive of a gay relative.
The poll was conducted from January 28-29 by Johnson Survey Research Limited.
Sample size: 1,008 residents.
484181
242
101
yep