…was loaded. You say that you’d answer “Of course!” to the question “Do you believe that gay men and women should have the same civil rights as non gay men and women”, but you seem to be assuming that what YOU mean by “civil rights” is the same thing as what THEY mean.
Part of the current argument over homosexual (and soon, group) marriage is the concept of “marriage is a CIVIL RIGHT”. It is also a civil right to have any job that one is qualified for, including Scoutmaster (yes, I know it’s not a formal job, so what?) and other sensitive positions.
So that questionnaire was a trap, even in 1989, designed to put someone on the spot: either as a cold, heartless homophobe who wants to put gays in jail and deny them the vote, or as someone who has essentially signed a blank check that can be cashed over and over again as the homosexual lobby pushes its agenda. And saying some years later “Hey, that’s not what I meant by ‘civil rights’” merely will make one look like a nitwit who has revealed the inner homophobe…
A no-win situation. The proper solution is to not fill out such trap-laden questionnaires.