Well this seems fun.
1. Are you religious? If yes, what religion?
Nope, I identify as atheist.
2. Do you believe in supernatural realms or beings (EDIT: Ghosts, demons, etc.)?
I don't believe in anything "supernatural", as anything that exists would by definition be natural. But no, I don't currently believe in ghosts or demons.
3. Do you believe in the possibility of alien life?
Yes, it almost certainly exists. It find it much, much more difficult to imagine that there are no other life-hospitable worlds in the vastness of the universe. Personally, I think we'll find the universe teeming with life once we acquire the tools necessary to look closely and our definition of life expands a bit.
4. Do you think the universe is finite, infinite, or do you believe in a multiverse, etc.?
Multiverse theories are cool and fun. So I'll go with that I suppose. (Though I'm really not up to date with astrophysics advancements/theories of the past couple years.)
5. Do you think gay marriage should be legalized?
Oh fun. As a ga
y person, I believe that the state should get out of the marriage business. I don't believe it should be up to the state to validate and privilege certain relationships (i.e. monogamous relationships between two cisgendered people of opposite (and binary) sex). Marriage is regarded as the ideal and set up to reward people for engaging in it with tax benefits, hospital rights, etc. as sanctioned by the state. Through this, our society invalidates alternative relationship and family structures e.g. same-sex couples, single parents, families with more than two parent figues, etc. This is especially distasteful because some of these family structures, specifically single parents, are the ones that could use these privileges, namely tax benefits, the most.
However, until the issues surrounding marriage are addressed (which is unlikely to be anytime soon), then yes, ga
y marriage should be legalized. I have many issues with the mainstream LGBT movement's focuses on ga
y marriage (and personally don't have any investment in ga
y marriage at all despite being ga
y), but I really can't think of any valid reason to actually oppose it. The arguments made against ga
y marriage are remarkably similar to those that were made against interracial marriage, and if that's any indication of their validity (and so called lack-of-bias) well...
Eh, some of that probably didn't come out the most clear, but I can clarify and add to things if it's wanted. I have a lot of feelings/beliefs about LGBT / queer politics.
6. Are you for or against genetic engineering?
Interesting. Generally for, however, I think we need to be very mindful of how it's implemented. The focus of genetic engineering should be on preventative measures such as disease and disability. Arranging things like beauty is a lot more problematic because we exist in a society that privileges a very specific, racialized model of beauty. In addition to that, fixing things such as ability would also create more social inequalities, as those with the most power would be able to produce literally physically and mentally superior children, perpetuating and exacerbating the problem. I guess I'm just not a big fan of the idea of designing children.