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Poll: Over Sixty Percent Of Americans Support Gay Marriage

Wedding_cake_with_pillar_supports,_2009There is good news for those of us who support same-sex marriage (as well as an indication in the remarkable turnaround in public attitude in a relatively short time). According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 6 out of 10 Americans now support same-sex marriage and believe that states should not be allowed to define marriage as only between a man and a woman. That is a record showing for same-sex marriage.

The poll was clearly timed for oral arguments next week on whether state restrictions on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. I believe that there is likely a fifth vote with Justice Anthony Kennedy to support a ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Indeed, it will be interesting to watch Chief Justice John Roberts on this issue. Roberts has shown a strong institutional sensitivity and many be the most likely of the remaining justices to feel the pull of history on the issue.

Not surprisingly, the greatest gains have been seen in those under age 30 where support has grown since 2005 from 57 percent to 78 percent. However, even among the historically least supportive group (those 65 and over) support is now at 46 percent (from just 18 percent).

Republicans still oppose at a rate of 6 to 10, however. This creates an interesting dynamic for the Republican primary where some candidates have already shown movement toward greater acceptance. The trend appears in that direction. Moreover, GOP candidates face the classic dilemma of fighting to secure the nomination from the most conservative members of the party while being able to run nationally to appeal to independents and democrats. The social agenda of conservative Republicans has never appealed to as much to independents and libertarians in the general election.

Source: Washington Post

325 thoughts on “Poll: Over Sixty Percent Of Americans Support Gay Marriage”

  1. pogo,
    When “Christians” use their buybull to stone gays into behavior suitable for “Christians”… how is THAT not an act of coercion? Oh, let me guess… threating someone an eternity in hell isn’t when Christians do it?

    “Even Satan quotes the Bible.”

    Quote Jesus, please…

  4. Hate the sin but love the sinner…
    How can one love a sinner when one is busy defining others by their sin.
    Where is the love in hating anything?

  6. FWIW:


    Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;’ Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’
    August 20, 2014 – 1:34 PM

    The transgendered person’s disorder, said Dr. McHugh, is in the person’s “assumption” that they are different than the physical reality of their body, their maleness or femaleness, as assigned by nature. It is a disorder similar to a “dangerously thin” person suffering anorexia who looks in the mirror and thinks they are “overweight,” said McHugh.

    This assumption, that one’s gender is only in the mind regardless of anatomical reality, has led some transgendered people to push for social acceptance and affirmation of their own subjective “personal truth,” said Dr. McHugh. As a result, some states – California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts – have passed laws barring psychiatrists, “even with parental permission, from striving to restore natural gender feelings to a transgender minor,” he said.

    The pro-transgender advocates do not want to know, said McHugh, that studies show between 70% and 80% of children who express transgender feelings “spontaneously lose those feelings” over time. Also, for those who had sexual reassignment surgery, most said they were “satisfied” with the operation “but their subsequent psycho-social adjustments were no better than those who didn’t have the surgery.”

    “And so at Hopkins we stopped doing sex-reassignment surgery, since producing a ‘satisfied’ but still troubled patient seemed an inadequate reason for surgically amputating normal organs,” said Dr. McHugh.

    http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-mental-disorder-sex-change

    Squeeky Fromm
    Girl Reporter

  7. Annie,
    I wonder is those who confuse criminal acts with consensual acts hide their own crimes through confusion…

  8. pogo
    pedophilia is a CRIME.
    Why is it that you conflate CRIMINAL ACTS with that of consensual acts between two adults?

    That you persist, demonstrates an inability to differentiate the two.
    That’s like a three year old confusing cat for a dog and insisting that Fido meows.

    1. Max-1 wrote to Pogo: “pedophilia is a CRIME.
      Why is it that you conflate CRIMINAL ACTS with that of consensual acts between two adults?”

      Are you aware that according to the laws of Muslims, Jews, and Christians, homosexuality is a crime?

      Most states have legalized adultery. What if a baker in a State that has legalized adultery did not want to bake a cake for an adulterer? Would you have a problem with that? Do you want to criminalize that baker’s inaction?

  9. Pedophiles needs a victim Pogo. Homosexuality is between two consenting adults. This stuff is not rocket science Pogo. Polygamy that is consensual between adults should NOT be a crime.

    Do you see how desperate you look?

  11. “Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon. We may ask what is relevant but anything beyond that is dangerous. He is a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don’t listen to him. Remember that – do not listen.”

  16. Should a true Christian make a cake for a pedophile’s wedding (e.g. a Muslim marrying a 9 year old, which is part of their religion)?
    Is that being true to Christ directive to love?

  17. pogo
    Quote Jesus… That’s what I do.
    Why is quoting Jesus Christ so offensive to other “Christians”?

  18. @Pogo

    Oh, and plus, you might like this book:

    Sexuality and Homosexuality – A New View by Arno Karlen. My father had a copy, and I read a good chunk of it back when I was maybe 14 years old, which was like 1998ish. I just bought a hardback copy for like $5 and it arrived a few days ago. It is not OUTDATED from what I have read so far. It is very informative, and it is a shame that he isn’t still alive to bring out a second edition. I also ordered his Threesomes, and Microbes and Man. He has a lot of entries on Justor, if you read there.

    His conceptual outline of the problem is fantastic. It is a thick book, but easily readable. I hope to have it finished in a few weeks. It is a shame one can not cut and paste parts of it here. I highly recommend to anyone who wants to understand the whole gay thing better.

    Squeeky Fromm
    Girl Reporter

  20. So, Max, is what I wrote true for your style of Christianity, or not?
    Do you just pick and choose the parts of your religion that you like, andf disregard the rest?

    Whatsoever you do (force someone to bake a cake or lose their business) so too you have done to Christ.
    Is coercion part of your Christianity?

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