Research Memo #1

Hypothesis: Should same sex marriage be legalized in every state? As of right now, there are only 6 states and the United States that have legalized same sex marriage. That means if a same sex couple wanted to get married they would most likely have to travel far up country since most of the states that legalized same sex marriage are up north. I believe same sex marriage should be legalized in every state. Same sex couples should have the same privileges to be with the person they love as a traditional couple. America is supposed to be all about equality, if this is true no one should be discriminated against for who they choose to love.

Context: My target audience for this research project was mainly people from ages 15-30. I did get surveys from a few people older than this age range because I was really interested in how they felt on this subject. I chose to do people from this age group because I feel they can relate to this topic more than older people could because when most older people were growing up they didn’t deal with this issue as much. I feel my results are valid because I had surveys taken by people from various age groups. I don’t feel that this information is biased at all because I asked simple questions and mainly just asked for there opinion.

 Data Analysis: Based on my survey results I found that most younger people thought that same sex marriage should be legalized in every state, while a few felt same sex couples was wrong all together. For age groups 20-30 it was half and half. Half of them believed that same sex marriage is a problem and should be legalized and the other half felt it shouldn’t. When I asked why the people who felt it shouldn’t be legalized why they felt this way there where two main responses; “it’s against my religious beliefs” and “it’s just not right”. Almost 100% of the no someone who has been affected by the same sex marriage laws.

Conclusion: From my results I found that the younger generation of people supported same sex marriage more than people of the   older people.