There 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
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Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Po, it’s all about her prom dress. She doesn’t seem capeable of joining the debate.
Bam bam,
No, the mention of it is in incredulity that an MD would be so ignorant to equate pedophilia to homosexuality. As I said, it’s not rocket science.
Wow, it is sufficient that I show up to turn this thread into islamophobia! Sorry bam bam, this is all about you, not me.
Pogo Hears a Who
Intellectually, you run rings around the uneducated macaroons on here who must resort to mocking or ridiculing you. You make some brilliant points, which, as expected, whiz over their heads. If you are, in fact, an MD, their mention of it is an additional indication of their seething jealousy and envy, as they only wish they had an ounce of your intelligence. March on.
Lol! I used to have a prom dress like the middle singer’s.
Max, yeah especially if they’re hypocrites.
issac
Who said its a “date”?
Annie
The biggest threat to Christianity are the Christians who sit in judgement of their brother…
Max,
Of course, Saint Pogo. Oh I’m sorry is that doxxing?
Max-1
OK, but I never kiss on the first date.
Annie
Remember that it’s never animus when pogo expresses it…
Hey folks! po is going to tell his mosque that he is an ardent supporter of marriage equality!
I’m so excited!
And Pogo, just how do YOU express your Christianity? You expect Max to act in a manner in which you haven’t? Your brand of ‘Christianity’ isn’t anything that would induce seekers to follow your path.
issac
I do… But you have to buy me dinner first. 😉
Bet that po wouldn’t tell his imam that he is a strong supporter of marriage equality.
When,and if, he does, I’ll buy tickets.
LOL!
We used to play a game when we were younger. One of us would ask the other when a stupid conversation like the one we are all having came up. “Ask me if I give a f*ck. Go on and ask me.” “Do you give a f*ck?” “No.”
Pogo
Then why can’t a gay couple who love each other celebrate their relationship by declaring to the world that they are a couple and profiting as do every other couple regarding taxes, etc? The problem here seems to be with the religious who are not confident enough in their beliefs by simply having them. I was married in a church because it meant something to my wife and her family. That is all it meant to me, my wife and her family. The church meant nothing to me. That was all it meant. We are not together after 24 years because we were married in a church. Our relationship has more meaning, power, and significance than that. What about yours?
That’s ‘po’ not Boo.
We can measure the caliber of a man by how many times he calls for execution of Muslims, like he did regarding the Palestinian American Professor Turley represented, that recently got deported, can’t recall his name. And the time he called for Mecca to be “turned into glass”. That isn’t a healer, that’s a killer.
Boo, it was an experiment for Max.
He failed.
Read above.