Introduction

In Norway, legal measures securing equal marriage and parenting rights for same- and different-sex couples took effect on January 1, 2009. The aim of this study was to assess Norwegian public beliefs about lesbian and gay family rights in the period of 2008–2017.

Methods

Three nationwide surveys representing the adult Norwegian population were conducted with a time series design (data collected in 2008, 2013, and 2017, n = 1246, 1250, and 1250, respectively) utilizing Web-based questionnaires.

Results

Over the 9-year period, there was a decline in negative beliefs about lesbian and gay parenting and marriage rights and gradually less concern about children growing up with same-sex parents, more so for men than for women. Beliefs about equal parenting rights remained more negative than beliefs about equal marriage rights. At all points in time, concern for children’s welfare was the strongest predictor of beliefs about equal parenting rights for same- and different-sex couples, and for all points in time, being older contributed to the explained variance.

Conclusions

We discuss how the findings may relate to policy developments concerning LGBTI rights in Norway. LGBTI rights have gained increasingly significant symbolic value in the public domain, and we suggest that it is productive to reflect on findings in relation to new landscapes of political and public discourse in Norway and Europe.

Social Policy Implications

The results reveal contemporary supportive public opinion regarding LGBTI family rights, which currently gives lawmakers a foundation for further institutionalizing LGBTI rights in domains such as in schools at every level and in institutions offering family support and counseling. However, there is also a need for political awareness of emerging discourses linking questions on same-sex family rights to broader divisive sociopolitical processes.

中文翻译：

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2008年，2013年和2017年挪威关于同性家庭权利的公众信仰的变化和稳定性

介绍

在挪威，确保同性和异性夫妇享有平等婚姻和育儿权的法律措施于2009年1月1日生效。这项研究的目的是评估2008年以来挪威公众对男女同性恋家庭权利的信念。 2017。

方法

使用基于网络的问卷调查，对三个代表挪威成年人口的全国性调查进行了时间序列设计（分别于2008年，2013年和2017年收集的数据，n分别 为1246、1250和1250）。

结果

在过去的9年中，对男女同性恋育儿和婚姻权利的消极信念有所下降，对同性父母成长的孩子的担忧逐渐减少，男性多于女性。关于平等育儿权的观念仍然比关于平等婚姻权的观念更加消极。在所有时间点上，对儿童福利的关注是有关同性和异性夫妇平等育儿权的信念的最强预测指标，并且在所有时间点上，年龄较大都有助于解释差异。

结论

我们讨论了调查结果如何与挪威有关LGBTI权利的政策发展相关。LGBTI权利在公共领域已获得越来越重要的象征性价值，我们建议反思与挪威和欧洲的政治和公共话语新格局有关的发现是有益的。

社会政策含义

结果揭示了当代对LGBTI家庭权利的支持性公众舆论，目前这为立法者奠定了基础，使LGBTI权利在各个级别的学校（例如，各级学校和提供家庭支持和咨询的机构）中进一步制度化。但是，也需要对将有关同性家庭权利的问题与更广泛的分裂性社会政治进程联系起来的新兴言论的政治意识。