survey results

8 people answered
three of them are 19, 20, and 25 year old
three of them are male
three of them are Japanese
two of them are living in Japan

one person answered marriage could be between the same gender.

two of them are heterosexual
one of them is homosexual

66.7% of them said they want children
33.3% said they don't want children

100% of them see information of SSM on online news paper
75% of them see on printed news paper and  25% said no
100% of them see information of SSM on TV
25% of them see information of SSM on radio and 75% said no

75% of them said SSM should be legal
25% said no

advantages of SSM

• power of law, child
• fulfill their feelings and emotions
• the couples can be happy

disadvantages of SSM

• prejudice
• cannot bear child, they could only adapt
• they will have to face the negative aspect of the society
• cannot bear child

SURVEY RESULTS

I took this survey in my IE class and yahoogroups. The groups’ names are ‘gayhumanrights’ and ‘gaydads.’ But I couldn’t any responses from them, so I analyzed this survey using only responses of classmates. I got 10 people as respondents.

Nationality:
American…one person
Japanese…9 people

Age:
19-year-old…3 people
20-year-old…3 people
25-year-old…one person
41-year-old…one person
(two people skipped this question)

The country of current residence:
Japan…9 people
US…one person


Are you interested in the issu of same-sex marriage?
75%...Yes
25%...No

Q3.How do you feel about same-sex marriage?
75%...support
25%...oppose

This result was the same with what I learned in the internet article. The article said young people tend to support same-sex marriage. The average of this survey was 22-year-old, so I think the tendency was right.


Q4. Please tell us the reason for your support or opposition.

Support: equal protection and equal rights for ALL families.
the marriage system should be free.
It’s their problem so we shouldn’t say it’s good or it’s bad

Oppose: Can’t they be just friend in the first place?


Q5.Dose your country allow same-sex marriage?
Yes...0%
No...75%
I don't know...25%

Most of the respondents were Japanese, so the result was almost ‘NO.’


Q6. If your answer to question 5 was 'YES', do you know when it was allowed?

US (government) don’t allow same-sex marriage but some states allow it.


Q7. If your answer to question 5 was 'NO', tell us why it's banned in your country.
Because of law
Because of religion
Because of national opinion


Q8. Are there any same-sex couples around you?
Yes...50%
No...50%


Q9. What comes to your mind first when you hear the term same-sex marriage? It is about...
A Law...50%
A children...0%
A lifestyle...50%
A religion...0%

Nobody gave the word ‘chidren’ and ’religion.’ The main cause is that nationality and age. The respondents were all young. I guess if there are mothers or fathers in them, ‘children’ was chose. And Japan has tolerant attitude toward religion compared to other religions, such as Christianity or Islam, so I think nobody gave the word.


Q10. If your child, relative, or friend told you that he/she wanted to have a same-sex marriage, what would you do?
support...50%
oppose...0%
talk it over...50%

I was surprised to see this chart because nobody oppose their familiar people’s same-sex marriage. I thought that it is good result because people who took this survey are in sympathy with this issue.

answer

Q. Do they have any problem for being married?

I found an interview of a homosexual married couple. Ryoji is a Japanese man and his partner, Jack, is a Dutch man. I'm curious about this couple because they got married when the same-sex marriage has just become legal in Netherland. That's when not a lot of people know about ssm. Also, since it is an international marriage, I think they had had to take many processes to marry... but they were able to marry and I think this shows how they are in a strong relationship. I see no problems of being married from their interview. I thought most homosexual couples want children but they don't. But still not a problem because without children, it makes them to spend time together wisely while others taking care about their children. So this is one thing that changed my thought.

"オランダで同性結婚した日本人、龍児さん." All About n. pag. Web. 30 Jun 2011. <http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/223591/>.

Answer

Q. How many homosexual couples adopt children?

The number is not clear written, but I found one article.
The Italian newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’ says; there are 10milion kids having at least one parent who tend to like same-sex person. However, same-sex marriage is not allowed in Italy, so only biological parent can be recognized as a real parent. That is, another parent can’t be seen as a real parent. According to a survey of ‘Arcigay,’ 17.7% of gay and 20.5% of lesbian (homosexual people who is under 40-year-old) actually have children. It means one of 20 is gay or lesbian parents. And 49%of homosexual couples replied they want to have kids in the future. To make their hope possible, for example, some lesbian couples go to Spain or north Europe and gay couples go to America to find surrogate mother. And it is said that to make family with two dads or two mothers is not rare in the country.


"イタリアのゲイカップルの子供は１０万人." Corriere della Sera 5June2008: n. pag. Web. 24 Jun 2011. .

Answers (9&10)

Q. Is  there any country, currently considering of allowing or not allowing ssm?

I found a news article, which has just come up yesterday, talks about the gay marriage bill in NY, USA. In the republican conference, most of them voted to oppose gay marriage and they sent the bill to the Senate floor to have voting. The bill contains the protection for religious groups(adoption agencies and marriage counselors) which are against gay marriage. So the bill would be back and forth the floor to make sure it has enough changes for religious protections. Some republicans haven't decided which to vote. But the democratic gov. Andrew Cuomo, who made this bill, is sure that this bill will be passed in a few days. Because he knows 29 of 30 democrats in the Senate will vote for gay marriage.

Associated, Press. "Exceptions to NY gay marriage bill focus of talks ." Wall Street Journal (2011): n. pag. Web. 23 Jun 2011. <http://online.wsj.com/article/AP7c6846b6b4434cab96e760e8b171041d.html>.
Q. Is there any person who is homosexual but opposing ssm?

I found a recent news that talks about Vaughn Walker, who was retired federal Judge, declared that California's ban of gay marriage should not be provided by low and it is "unconstitutional". However, after his declaration, he decided to quite his job and told that he is gay and has a homosexual partner. After his confession, people who are against gay marriage complain that he had declared because he is gay. But their complain was not admitted. This case is about a person who is homosexual. I'm not sure if he is agree or disagree for gay marriage but I thought this situation is very hard for him to be a Judge. But since he said that he never make a judge by considering one's profit, I think he made a right choice on declaration.

Stanley, Paul. "Homosexual Federal Judge the Center of 'Unprecidented' Legal Challenge." CP (2011): n. pag. Web. 23 Jun 2011. <http://www.christianpost.com/news/homosexual-federal-judge-the-center-of-unprecidented-legal-challenge-51120/>.

NGO

Name of the group: ILGA Europe http://www.ilga-europe.org/
Specific issue: It supports an equality for lesbian, gay, trans, and intersex people in Europe.
Mission statement: act and promote to strengthen the European human rights for LGBTI.
Goals: ban the discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Achievement: first, it was an organization of all volunteers and it has grown to NGO. It is developing the movement in Europe.
Groups: currently, they have 296 organizations of ILGA in Europe.
Running by: donation, membership, selling donation bags.
Recruit: they have mailing list that contains the information of trade union LGBT work and business.
They have annual conference which takes place in different place of Europe every year. They discussed about the theme that relates to LGBTI. They also uploaded promotion video made by local committee in Turin to describe about their group.
The impression I thought about this group is that it is very organized and has strong goals to achieve. They do many activities to expand their movements for European countries so I thought this may be the large organization in Europe.

Answer

Q. How many homosexual people got married in the world?

I couldn’t find the exactly number of homosexual people who get same-sex marriage in the world, so instead, I selected this story about Japanese man got married to American man. According to the article, there were 18000 couples who get same-sex marriage in California.
When California allowed same-sex marriage (March in 2008), Japanese man named Mr. Nakamura could get married to American man in August. Mr. Nakamura is 34-year-old and his sexuality is gay. He has noticed that he is gay since he was a child, so he had thought marriage is nothing to do with his life forever. But after knowing he can get same-sex marriage in California, he had some hope toward marriage. The two held wedding ceremony at a city office. They felt happy to this event, but November in same year, same-sex marriage is prohibited. Now certification of the marriages which were allowed from March to November are stopped for a while.

(伸二, 中井. "同性パートナーシップを考える　＜カリフォルニア州で同性結婚した日本人男性＞." JANJAN NEWS(Japan Alternative News for Justices and NewCultures) (2008): n. pag. Web. 21 Jun 2011. .)