Owensboro, Kentucky, while defendant, an Irish national, was employed there.[4] Defendant's automobile was registered in Kentucky and he held an Irish international driving permit. Around 11:00 p. m. on April 18, 1969, plaintiff and defendant left on a motor trip from Owensboro headed toward a boat club in Indiana. Shortly after midnight, approximately four or five miles inside Indiana, the accident which caused the plaintiff's injuries occurred.
The Indiana guest statute provides:
The owner, operator, or person responsible for the operation of a motor vehicle shall not be liable for loss or damage arising from injuries to or death of a guest, while being transported without payment thereof, in or upon such motor vehicle, resulting from the operation thereof, unless such injuries or death are caused by the wanton orsay the Republican Party is at least somewhat friendly to LGBT people; a slim majority (51%) of Americans say the Republican Party is at least somewhat unfriendly to LGBT people.

Notably, compared to all Americans, Republicans have a rosier view of their own party’s posture toward LGBT people. Six in ten (60%) Republicans say their own party is at least somewhat friendly towards LGBT people, while three in ten (30%) say it is at least somewhat unfriendly.

Friendliness of Religious Institutions Toward LGBT People

Americans overall do not perceive religious institutions to be friendly towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Notably, Catholics and white evangelical Protestants—but not white mainline Protestants—see their own institutions as at least somewhat friendly to LGBT people.

Almost half (49%) of Americans say the Catholic Church is