TABLE 1
Travel Websites and Hotel Reservations
"When making your hotel reservations, which of the following websites are you
likely to visit?"

Base: All Adults

Total GLB Heterosexual
(n=2,630) (n=177) (n=2,361)
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bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) self-identified respondents. With over nine years experience
in this unique market, Witeck -Combs Communications has developed respected
relationships throughout the community and serves as a bridge between
corporate America and gay and lesbian consumers.

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compared to 33 percent of non-gays.S. adults, of whom 177 were
self-identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual. adult online
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WASHINGTON, Today the Constitution Subcommittee of
the House Judiciary Committee holds the first hearing on The Child Interstate
Abortion Notification Act, H., According to a recent nationwide
survey, gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) adults who are online are more likely
to book hotel reservations through online portals than heterosexual online
adults.

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The bill was introduced by Congresswoman
Ileana Ros -Lehtinen (R-Fl. "We applaud the House Constitution Subcommittee for
conducting today's hearing on the Act, and urge the Congress to pass this law
to help to protect vulnerable girls from exploitation .com did not vary much (45
percent of GLBs said they are likely to visit Expedia.g.com, outandabout .

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One third of GLB adults use gay-specific websites to learn about future
leisure travel destinations

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These are the results of a survey of 2,630 U., a strategic public relations and marketing communications firm with
special expertise in the gay market.S.Y.novatris.

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"This horrible practice exposes teens to the dangers of surgery without
the benefit of their medical records or history, and without necessary medical
follow-up," said Ruse.

TABLE 2
Future Leisure Travel Plans
"Which of the following do you use to learn about future leisure travel
destinations you are considering visiting?"

Base: GLB Adults

GLB
(n=177)
%

Friend/ Relative/ Personal Experience 58
Gay-specific websites (e., Odysseus, Damron) 22
Gay -specific newspapers (e.g. Figures for age, sex, race, education, region and income were weighted
where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the
population.

These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National
Council on Public Polls.

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"It is wrong to take a child away from her parents to another state for a
secret abortion, yet abortion advocates support this practice and admit that
it happens all the time," said Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Esq. Close behind are national gay magazines (25%), such as
Passport, Genre, and Out Traveler , and gay-specific travel books (22%), such
as Damron and Odysseus guides., Out Traveler, Genre, Passport ) 25
Gay-specific reference books (e.S.

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, Director of Planning
and Information for the U . GLB adult
population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for
respondents' propensity to be online for the question in table 2, and those
figures are representative of the general U.

About Harris Interactive(R)
Harris Interactive Inc.S.com), Tokyo-based Harris Interactive Japan,
through newly acquired WirthlinWorldwide, a Reston, Virginia-based research
and consultancy firm ranked 25th largest in the world, and through an
independent global network of affiliate market research companies.

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This Act would
require abortion doctors to notify parents before doing abortions on teenaged
girls from out-of-state unless parental involvement or judicial authorization
under the girl's home state law has been satisfied. Gay and non-gay use of Expedia. adult online population . Although we
remain interested in the consumer attitudes and characteristics of
transgendered individuals, for accuracy and consistency we distinguish sexual
orientation from gender identity .

About Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc. (http://www.

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New National Study Shows Gays More Likely Than Non-Gays to Book Travel Online

com compared with 40% of
non-gays).com, Marriot. In April 2003, American
Demographics magazine identified Bob Witeck and Wes Combs as two of 25 experts
over the last 25 years who have made significant contributions to the fields
of demographics, market research , media and trendspotting for their
pathbreaking work on the gay and lesbian market.

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Forty-six percent of GLB respondents are likely to visit Orbitz.S.com

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Pro-Life Activities.com when making hotel reservations, compared to 40 percent of
non-gay respondents.harrisinteractive.

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com) 31 33 31
Hotels.S. adult population of GLB adults. In addition, given the low incidence of
response from transgendered individuals, it is extremely difficult to draw
conclusions from the data captured.-based global research company that blends premier strategic consulting
with innovative and efficient methods of investigation, analysis and
application . 12
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Novatris (http://www.com.

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com 41 52 40
Expedia.
Figures for table 1 were not propensity weighted and are representative of the
total U.

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R. While fully 35 percent of heterosexual respondents said they don't
book travel online, fewer than one in five (18%) GLB respondents said they did
not .
Outside of the assistance gays seek from friends and relatives (58%),
gay-specific websites (32%), such as Outandabout.com 15 21 15
Other 7 12 7
I don't make travel reservations online 34 18 35

Note: Data within this table weighted to reflect total U. They include refusals
to be interviewed (nonresponse), question wording and question order and
weighting.
Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc.witeckcombs.com) is the
nation's premier strategic marketing communications firm, specializing in
reaching the gay and lesbian consumer market. (http: //www. Known for The Harris Poll(R) and for pioneering Internet-based
research methods, Harris Interactive conducts proprietary and public research
to help its clients achieve clear, material and enduring results.

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Bishops' Spokeswoman Applauds Hearing on Law Requiring Parents to Be Notified Before a Teen 's Abortion

748. "The overwhelming majority of Americans believe parents
should be involved in abortion decisions involving their teenaged daughters. The online survey was conducted
between March 8 and 14, 2005 by Harris Interactive(R), a worldwide market
research and consulting firm, in conjunction with Witeck-Combs Communications,
Inc.g.com), the 15th
largest and fastest-growing market research firm in the world, is a Rochester,
N.

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com, top the list
of resources gays use to learn about future leisure travel destinations they
consider visiting.
"Clearly, the honeymoon with online travel sites is likely to grow as more
gay and lesbian consumers flock to specialized media and other gay -specific
travel and tourism resources.com 34 46 33
Hotel website (e.com 27 32 27
Cheaptickets .com) 32
Gay-specific magazines (e. Unfortunately, there are several
other possible sources of error in all polls or surveys that are probably more
serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error.

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Sampling error for GLB adults
(177) is plus or minus 9 percentage points.

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S. When making leisure travel destination
decisions, GLB travelers are seeking direction on how they can spend their
dollars on both gay-friendly travel channels and destinations," said John
Butler, Senior Marketing and Communications Strategist for Witeck-Combs
Communications.com 28 41 27
Priceline.com 22 24 22
Hotwire. It is impossible to quantify the errors that may result from these
factors.

Additional Note: Previous research conducted by Harris Interactive in
conjunction with Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc.

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Methodology
Harris Interactive(R) conducted the study online within the United States
between March 8 and 14, 2005, among a nationwide cross section of 2,630 adults
who are online, of whom 177 self-identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual
(GLB).
In theory, with a probability sample of this size, one can say with 95
percent certainty that the results for the overall sample have a sampling
error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Harris Interactive combines its intellectual capital , databases and
technology to advance market leadership through U.

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About one-half (52%) of GLB respondents were likely to visit
Travelocity.com 40 45 40
Orbitz.g., Washington Blade, Bay Windows,
Dallas Voice) 14
None of these 27

Note: Data within this table were weighted to reflect total U.hieurope .

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Many GLB online consumers rely on gay-specific travel expertise when
queried on the type of resources used when planning destination travel., Gay. offices and wholly owned
subsidiaries: London-based HI Europe (http://www.

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This online sample is not a probability sample.