Posted by AMESKIE@EMORY.EDU on September 07, 2000 at 18:42:31:

The information gained from this survey will be used in a paper on
Bahai sexual ethics. Do not worry about anonymity. It is assured.
Please be as frank and exact in your answers as you can be. Thanks.

PLEASE POST REPLIES TO: AMESKIE@EMORY.EDU...

: AGE -

: GENDER -

: SEXUAL ORIENTATION -

: MARITAL STATUS -

: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BAHAI? -

: ARE YOU FROM A BAHAI FAMILY? -

: DID YOU ATTEND A BAHAI SCHOOL? -

: WHAT IS YOUR HISTORY WITH THE BAHAI FAITH?

: ARE YOU SEXUALLY ACTIVE? -

: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? -

: DO YOU MASTURBATE? -

: IF,YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE, IS THERE OR HAS THERE BEEN ASSOCIATED
GUILT?

: CAN YOU CHARACTERIZE ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY AS 'STRAIGHT' OR 'GAY'?

: IF YOU WERE MARRIED AT A YOUNG AGE (<24) WAS THAT DECISION
INFLUENCED BY THE TEACHINGS AGAINST PRE-MARITAL SEX?

: WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH BAHAI YOUTH ON THIS MATTER? ARE THEY
SEXUALLY ACTIVE? HAVE YOU NOTICED A PROPENSITY TO 'SAY ONE
THING AND DO ANOTHER'?

: TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THE TEACHINGS FOLLOWED?

: WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY? HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO VIEWS
HELD BY YOUR PEERS?

: WHAT CONTEXT DO YOU SEE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN (i.e.,
DO YOU SEE THEM AS RELATED TO HOMOSEXUALITY OR PRE-MARITAL SEX?
ARE THEY DIVINE RETRIBUTION?)?

: FOR HIV+ BAHAIS - HOW DID YOU CONTACT THE VIRUS? HOW DO YOU
RECONCILE THAT ACTIVITY (DRUGS, UNPROTECTED SEX, RAPE, ETC) WITH BAHAI
TEACHINGS?

: HOW HAS THE TEACHING OF MARRIAGE AS A CURE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
AFFECTED YOU?

: PLEASE GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF YOUR PERSONAL THEOLOGY. PLEASE PLACE THE
CONTEXT FOR YOUR ANSWERS FOR MEANING.

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