Posted on 04/23/2015 9:55:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A record-high 6 in 10 Americans support same-sex marriage and a similar share say individual states should not be allowed to define marriage as only between a man and a woman, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The national debate on same-sex marriage moves to center stage next week, when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether state restrictions on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.
Courts across the country have agreed with gay-marriage advocates that a Supreme Court ruling in 2013, striking down the federal government’s refusal to recognize legal same-sex unions, means that state restrictions must fall as well.
Next week, the court will be considering whether the Constitution requires that gay couples be allowed to marry and whether states may refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside their borders.
The rapid change in the law tracks a decisive rise in support for allowing gay couples to marry. It is driven by widespread support from younger generations as well as shifting attitudes among their elders.
The Post-ABC poll finds 61 percent of Americans support allowing gays to marry and 35 percent are opposed. Support is up only slightly from last year but is a reversal from public sentiment a decade ago, when opponents outnumbered supporters 58 percent to 39 percent.
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Wait t’il the linertarians get spun by liberals and start their Opium war on America...
I am sick and tired of the new generation of ignorant statist idiots who pushe their opinions on other states cia the federal.
Of course poll taking like this by the liberal media is precisely tailored to mold us into that mindset, as if it was a question!?
The whole question is pointed as an opinion of direct democracy for big government, when it should be a matter of the State. Who cares if the majority in America is for gay rights, WHEN the majority might be all holed up in NYC, Chicago and LA.
Last I heard we are not a direct democracy, but these polls seem to suggest that we are a Federal direct democracy.
Bears repeating.
I assume you’re speaking of a scenario along the lines of one I read here recently where a guy married his male fishing buddy to make sure that his possessions didn’t end up going to his ex-wife and kids.
There's one difference.
Slavery was real.
Very Good. You’ve done some homework.
But your homework is incomplete.
Therefore you get an ‘F’.
But I will help you complete your assignment.
You listed 12 states,
The other 38 states either amended their state constitutions, voted state laws to define marriage as between one man and one woman, voted down initiatives to recognize same-sex marriage or refused to recognize same-sex marriage licenses of other states.
38 States!
THat’s enough right there to pass an Amendment to the US Constitution.
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