necessary because these other influential variables can vary across both race and gender. Only when we control for these differences, might we be able to obtain a clearer picture of the effects of race, gender, and gender role ideologies. Education

      It is a general fact that a college education tends to increase ones sense of

liberalness. Individuals with lower levels of education are less likely to have exposure to the vast aspects of many social issues. Many activists have hailed high schools as being some of the most homophobic institutions in existence. In general, neither texts nor teachers in secondary institutions cover the environmental, social, and biological aspects of homosexuality. Understandably these aspects are not touched upon in any lower levels of schooling either (e.g., middle school or elementary school). Colleges are known for fostering social change; nonetheless "anti-gay sentiments are [still] prevalent (and even fostered) at the university level" (Walters and Hayes 1998, p. 3).

      Whitley's 1987 study of college students found that older students were less

negative toward homosexuals than were the younger ones. First year college students, in general, displayed negative attitudes toward homosexuality (Young and Whertvine 1982). Although both Whitley's and Young and Whertvine's research from the 1980s may seem dated, many researchers have consistently found that the less education a person has, the more likely she or he is to display homonegative attitudes (Beran, et al. 1992, Bowman 1979, Glenn and Weaver 1979, Irwin and Thompson 1977, Nyberg and Alston 1976, Price and Hsu 1992). Wills and Crawford (2000) found that people with a masters or doctorate degree were least likely to agree with questions concerning gays going to hell as a result of sexual orientation. They also found that respondents with a high school diploma or below were more likely to attribute homosexuality to a moral