Not to be lost amid all the other important events happening today -- most notably the marriage vote taking place in North Carolina -- is this news from Gallup that they are finding less people in support of same-sex marriage as they did last year: only 50% (as opposed to 53% last year). Similarly, they found more people opposed to same-sex marriage: 48% (as opposed to only 45% last year).
So much for a rising tide of support for redefining marriage. Once again, that has not proved to be the case.
Here's how Gallup describes it:
This year's results underscore just how divided the nation is on this issue. As a result, President Obama's campaign strategy team obviously is continuing to grapple with how to handle it -- with the vice president on the one hand essentially endorsing legalized gay marriage, while the administration on the other hand stops just short of the same pronouncement.
Of course we need to remember that not all polls are created equal, and that 30 out of 30 states who have actually voted on marriage have voted to protect marriage.
The Alliance Defense Fund's comprehensive survey, which used different language than Gallup uses, found 62% of Americans favor 1M1W marriage.
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In other words, approval still beats out disapproval. But remember 78% of those who disapproved of interracial marriage were told to go to h3ll by activist judges in 1967.
NOM's really trying to push that garbage poll conducted by one of their fellow hate groups? Gimme a break.
I think the significance here is the "inevitability" meme.
For something claimed to be so gosh-darned inevitable, marriage corruption is certainly evincing a certain greenness-about-the-gills this fine afternoon, isn't it?
This sums it up nicely I think!
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The more a person learns about the many negative consequences of neutered marriage, the less likely they are to support it. Glad to see that folks are waking up.
You could click on the link if you'd like a dose of reality. But you can choose not to and continue to live in a fantasy in which your extreme anti-gay bigotry is normal.
I clicked, B73.
Looks top me like the ball is moving our way nicely.
Our incredible, *huge* blowout win in NC will be all over the news tomorrow, debunking the "historical inevitability" meme yet again.
All in all, 2012 is looking like a great year for marriage!
The ball is moving your way Rick? Did you suddenly join the marriage equality movement?
Barb has it right. People are starting to wake up.
The knee-jerk reaction to so-called SS"M," is "Who cares? Why not?" On further examination and a little education, the answers to those questions become clear.
SSM-ers have been driving the emotional argument; the logical and informed argument is catching up with them.
I'll help you out a bit, support for discrimation went up 4 points in '05 then declined then went up another few points a few years later. But the overall trend is abundantly clear.
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -MLK Jr.
I know you can see the arc, Rick. Have a nice night.
MLK never supported SSM,and doubtless understood that sometimes justice forbids "equality".
If, as Gallup says, this poll is part of its annual Values and Beliefs poll, why didn't they poll people as to what they believe about traditional marriage and what they believe about same-sex 'marriage?' Why didn't they ask people if they are teaching their children that same-sex 'marriage' is the same as traditional marriage? Why didn't they ask people if they believe sex education in the schools should teach that homosexuality is normal? Why didn't they ask people how they would feel about having a daughter-in-law who is a husband or a wife to their daughter?
Read more here: http://angelsinthewhirlwind.blogspot.com/2012/05/gallups-values-and-beliefs-poll.html
Polls, here we go again. It is not mathematically adequate to quote a poll without considering its sampling margin of error. One cannot tell variations over time unless the poll asks exactly the same questions, in the exactly same way. We would be kidding ourselves. Also, polls have other potential errors aside from the sampling margin of error. And, ultimately, there's a demonstrated 7% bias comparing polls to its corresponding voting results per ballot questions. If you are not mathematically inclined, you better not be quoting polls right and left. What's so un-mathematical about listening to voter results, like from 32 States with a marriage law or constitutional amendment not including regulation of same-sex partnerships (friendships). That's not the same as saying they are excluded. Same-sex partnerships could go to their legislatures (and they do) or to Congress (and they do) to pass laws inventing regulation of their type of partnership. But the point is that there's nothing unconstitutional about not including same-sex partnerships in marriage or civil unions, because they are NOT excluded from the overall process in legislation. Want to look at polls? As it relates how people vote after being called a bigot, you just go ahead. Mathematically, you will set yourself up for failure. That is what makes you hate others, and it will never get our social approval. You are making yourselves a nuisance - which is why you were put in the 'closet' in the first place.
Look at the math:
'The trend on Americans' attitudes on same-sex marriage has not followed an entirely consistent trajectory. While the percentage in favor increased to 46% in 2007, it slipped to 40% in the following two years. In somewhat similar fashion, last year's increase to 53% support has edged back down slightly this year to 50% -- not a statistically significant change, but not a continued increase, either.'
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