Census - Question 19
Yesterday, the Census collator for our area turned up and dropped off the forms. This morning, I read the questions and was horrfied at Question 19 - which asks what type of relationship I have with those that I live with, and more importantly what the sex of any partner I live with is.
Because I have a partner the question is asking what my sexual orientation is. Too which I want to reply - "NONE OF THE GOVERNMENTS BUSINESS".
I rang the Census Helpline to see if I could object to answering this question, like you can for Question 18 about Religion. The operator (who was very polite and understanding) said 'no'.
Perhaps the irony is for decades the Gay Rights movement championed the slogan "The Government has no right to know what you do in the bedroom". This reinforces to me how they were right.
Because I have a partner the question is asking what my sexual orientation is. Too which I want to reply - "NONE OF THE GOVERNMENTS BUSINESS".
I rang the Census Helpline to see if I could object to answering this question, like you can for Question 18 about Religion. The operator (who was very polite and understanding) said 'no'.
Perhaps the irony is for decades the Gay Rights movement championed the slogan "The Government has no right to know what you do in the bedroom". This reinforces to me how they were right.
posted by Michael at
11:52 AM
1 Comments:
You should put in a nonsense answer - like 'Yes I want to have more sex please'.
See how the input that into the computer system.
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