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PHG AT AN OPEN DOOR: WHEN N PERSONAL STORI CHANGE MDS ON GAY RIGHTS?
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In a recently published rearch article, “When ntact chang mds: An experiment on transmissn of support for gay equaly, ” polil scientists Michael LaCour and Donald Green wre:Can a sgle nversatn change mds on divisive social issu, such as same-sex marriage? A randomized placebo-ntrolled trial asssed whether gay (n = 22) or straight (n = 19) msengers were effective at enuragg voters (n = 972) to support same-sex marriage and whether attu change persisted and spread to others voters’ social works. The rults, measured by an unrelated panel survey, show that both gay and straight nvassers produced large effects ially, but only gay nvassers’ effects persisted 3-week, 6-week, and 9-month follow-ups.
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We also fd strong evince of wh-hoehold transmissn of opn change, but only the wake of nversatns wh gay nvassers.
Contact wh gay nvassers further ed substantial change the ratgs of gay men and lbians more generally.
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This script was the same for gay and straight nvassers, wh one important exceptn. After tablishg rapport wh the voter, midway through the nversatn gay nvassers revealed that they are gay or lbian and that they would like to get married but that the law prohibs same-sex marriage.
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