Should i began doing it as i would do any other term paper?
The teacher should provide a set of guidelines! If s/he does not, then you should be allowed to follow a common format for a research article:
Intro
background
problem statement
research questions
literature review
metods
results (where the charts go)
discussion
conclusion
If you have never done this before, use survey research! It is an easy quantitative method.
Google this: how to conduct survey research.
That should get you started!
It is tricky, though, because it is impossible to really answer the question. You can use quant methods to answer something like this: What are the prevalent religious practices of people who feel strongly that same sex couples should be allowed to adopt?
What are the prevalent religious practices of people who feel strongly that same sex couples should not be allowed to adopt?
You can use survey that lets them fill in the blank about their religion (or non-religion)
google this: Likert scale
It might help you.