Posted on 08/18/2011 12:46:18 AM PDT by AustralianConservative
Does New Jersey really support redefining marriage? Or are some gay marriage-centric Democrats massaging figures and emailing them to their media cousins?
They’re legitimate questions. Patrick Murray explains: “Well, the polling firm — a Democratic leaning outfit — put out a press release under the banner headline ‘New Jersey supports legal same-sex marriage.’ Go figure.
But, “if you combine the 40 percent who prefer civil unions with the 17 percent who say that no status should be recognized, you arrive at a majority of 57 percent who oppose gay marriage when civil unions are available. Based on this question, a reasonable person — or at least an astute reporter — could conclude that most New Jerseyans do not support legalizing gay marriage.”
File under, Concerned. It’s unscientific.
When given the vote, 31 out of 31 American states opposed “gay marriage” too making this a complex issue.
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