In another dimension.
Posted on 07/01/2007 6:01:45 PM PDT by SConservative
WASHINGTON – The percent of the American public that opposes gay “marriage” has significantly increased over the past year, according to the latest national survey released by the nonprofit Pew Research Center. And the percent of the public that supports civil unions has meanwhile reached its lowest mark since October of 2003.
After dropping to a low of 51 in March 2006, the percent of the public that now opposes allowing gays and lesbians to marry was found to be 57 – a “clear majority,” the Pew Center reported.
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According to the latest Pew survey, the groups most likely to take issue with gay “marriage” include men, older adults (ages 50 and above), the less educated (high school or less), Protestants (particularly white evangelicals), and regular church attendees (weekly or more).
Significant partisan differences also emerge on this issue with Democrats being more divided – 48 percent opposing gay marriage vs. 42 percent supporting – than Republicans, who oppose gay marriage by a margin of better than five-to-one (78 percent vs. 14 percent).
More people were found to oppose civil unions than support it, but only by a 1 percent margin, the Pew Center reported. Furthermore, the 45 percent that do support civil unions is the lowest figure since October 2003.
As with gay “marriage,” white evangelical Protestants (71 percent), frequent church attendees (64 percent) and Republicans (60 percent) stood out for their opposition to civil unions.
When asked about the trend of more gay and lesbian couples raising children, exactly half (50 percent) of the public said this is bad for society, compared with 34 percent who said it doesn’t make much difference and 11 percent who said it is good for society.
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I hope this helps save some heterosexual marriages.
Hopefully this will lead to an end of children being adopted by gay couples.
More gay stuff - yuck.
“My feeling is that polls routinely underestimate Americans’ opposition to all things homosexual.”
You are a master of understatement! Why do you think that the liberals and gays fought so hard to prevent a vote by the public on the question of continuing gay marriage in deep blue Massachusetts?
Both the legislators and the gay lobby knew that they would go down (no pun intended) to a humiliating defeat if they did, and they couldn’t blame conservatives for it.
What won’t happen is the same thing that always doesn’t happen, no matter if the conversation is about illegals or about deviant lifestyles - our elected officials will continue to assume that we’re all idiots and they know better.
We do not want illegals in our country, we want them to go home. We do not think that Paul and John should co-opt a sacred marriage vow because they feel uncomfortable in how others view and treat them. We’ve stopped falling for the part special solution because we’ve learned that despite every promise, they will be back tomorrow demnding more.
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Sodomy is not a civil right.
Homosexuals don’t reproduce...they recruit.
It is sane for the government to set aside an institution specifically for those who have procreative potential.
If the government realizes these folks are the source of the next, last, or future generations, then they are simply recognizing biological reality. I can see concessions and benefits to such a group.
Let’s call them the MARRIED group.
The whole problem is marriage in not a institution of the STATE. The STATE did not institute marriage. I merely recognizes it. It pre exsisted the STATE. Now that the STATE is involved the STATE wants to say what MARRIAGE is and is not. This is something that the STATE does not have the power to do. They can pass laws all day long saying gays can marry. But they can NOT actually do so. They can only get the STATE to call their contract marriage but marriage it will never be.
I agree that marriage is not ultimately defined by the state.
However, the argument of gays is that the state discriminates against them if it allows heterosexuals to “marry,” but does not allow them to do so.
Yes it is, very good, but I never doubted that. Even the 48% of democrats didn’t surprise me! And it refutes a poll recently sent out in the LCR newsletter, saying the Republicans are becoming more accepting of homosexual rights. No surprise, they want it to be so, it’s why they are in the party after all. To bring about a change like that. Glad to see it’s failing.
I understand their argument. But I do not agree with it as it is a LIE. The STATE can not discriminate aganist them as the STATE can not redefine marriage. It is by definition what it is. A rose is a rose etc.
Your argument makes sense to me, but it is not an argument that will hold up in court.
I want to win in court, too.
Why is the Army allowed to discriminate against fat guys who want to join?
This is an issue with the stronge generational differences, see pp 39 of the report here:
http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/300.pdf
Interestingly while “Gen-Nexters” are considerable more “liberal” than “Gen-Xers” on “Gay” issues, and much more liberal on these issues than older voters, their views on “abortion” issues are much more similar to other age groups, which suggests in turn that younger Americans see these as separate issued to a greater extent than older Americans.
In regards to gay adoption, it's pretty much 50-50 - it's as popular as it is unpopular.
Yes, the brainwashing is not complete.
Sometimes the liberals ‘give away the game’.
For example, when Hillary Clinton defended ‘dont ask dont tell’ as a ‘transition program’ and that ‘America wasnt ready for gays to serve openly’ back in 1993. She now calls for exactly that. Or when John Edwards says that he’s agreeable to Mrs Edwards being for gay marriage even though he supposedly is not. “I haven’t come around to that position yet.” is what he said a few weeks back... implying that some day he will wake up and be for it.
The liberals are sure that it is just a matter of time. With enough brainwashing, browbeating the ‘bigots’, ACLU lawsuits, and waiting for the old, white, Christians to die off, they will get the run of the country for a while and implement gay marriage and whatever else.
“In regards to gay adoption, it’s pretty much 50-50 - it’s as popular as it is unpopular.”
Actually, I must disagree. This very poll showed that only 11% felt it was good for society. Other polls have also shown it’s a majority position to be against it. Americans are a lot more conservative on these issues than many people give them credit for being.
34% say it doesn't make a difference. 11% say it's good. That's 45% who give the concept a pass, in case your math skills are hurting.
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