1. CATEGORY 1: Assessing student moral opinions on the topic

2. Sex is permissible only in a marriage between a man and a woman.
Agree
Disagree

3. Sex is permissible between informed, consenting adults if they are bound by love or commitment.
Agree
Disagree

4. As long as basic moral standards are respected (for example, no one is harmed or coerced), any sexual activity engaged in by informed, consenting adults is permissible.
Agree
Disagree

5. Homosexuality is always wrong.
Agree
Disagree

6. Homosexual behavior is morally permissible if it conforms to legitimate moral standards and involves consenting adults.
Agree
Disagree

7. Same-sex marriage is both wrong and detrimental to social order, ethical standards, and the institution of marriage itself.
Agree
Disagree

8. Same-sex marriage is morally permissible.
Agree
Disagree

9. CATEGORY 2: Assessing student assumptions about and knowledge of the issue

10. 30 percent 10 percent 60 percent 90 percent
What percentage of adults believe that sex before marriage is morally permissible?
30 percent
10 percent
60 percent
90 percent
correct answer is c: 60 percent 10

11. a. 20 percent b. 10 percent c. 60 percent d. 40 percent
According to a CBS/New York Times poll, approximately what percentage of Americans claim that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry?
a. 20 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 60 percent
d. 40 percent
correct answer is d: 40 percent 11

12. Sex before marriage occurs almost universally among Americans.
True
False
correct answer is a: True 12

13. The Roman Catholic view on sex is based on natural law theory.
True
False
correct answer is a: True 13