"...53 percent of those surveyed in the new Quinnipiac University poll said they would support a gay marriage law, and that is down 4 percent from a poll conducted in March.
67 percent said they agree with Gov. Chris Christie’s call for a ballot referendum on the issue.
...“I think the people should be given the right to vote,” the New Jersey Family Policy Council’s Len Deo told Putney. He’d prefer a vote on marriage, like he said southern states did.
He wants the question to be ”Should marriage remain as the union of one man and one woman?”
“That’s a bunch of hogwash,” said Garden State Equality’s Steven Goldstein. He said a public vote would just invite opponents to spend millions on advertising.
“[The advertising would] try to influence voters and corrupt the political system,” said Goldstein.
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Democracy is "Corrupting" our Democracy.....?
SSMers hate advertising about so-called SS"M" and its effects on children. They don't like an educated public; they prefer an ignorant emotional public. When the public is educated, SS"M" loses every time, even in Calipornia.
The People have a right to know!
I'm a big NOM supporter, but a 4-point jump is not that statistically significant when the MoE is 2.5%. definitely some difference, but I'd wait for another poll to continue the trend.
Voting is "a bunch of hogwash." Nice.
Michael,
Isn't it sad that you have to confirm that you are a big NOM supporter just to make a statistical observation. What does that say about the bias of this group?
Reformed,
Nice straw-man.
Change the subject much?
This group is unashamedly biased towards real marriage.
Democracy is one thing - lying about the potential impact of gay marriage and scaring voters into change is another.
They are opposed to having we the people exercise our Constitutional right to vote. They prefer bribing state legislatures like they did in New York or having unelected activist judges imposing it.
However there is one time they do favor a vote. If they lose the vote and they cannot bribe legislatures or get corrupt judges to intervene then they support the vote.
This is what is happening in Maine.
Fitz,
"Democracy is corrupting to our Republic" would be a more accurate representation of what is being said.