Nuff said.
Posted on 06/18/2009 8:07:21 PM PDT by virtuous
New poll finds only 33 percent of Americans favor, a 9-point drop since April
The number of Americans who support same-sex marriage has plunged over the last few months, according to a new poll.
The CBS News/New York Times study found that 33 percent of respondents favor same-sex marriage. That represents a 9 percent drop since April.
Everett Rice, legislative coordinator for the California Family Council, said he has a theory about the decrease.
"People really recognize their core and their values, their heritage," he said. "When people want to go in and redefine that, it really goes against everybody's individual cultural understanding."
California has been the site of many protests, some violent, since voters passed Proposition 8 in November. The measure defines marriage in the state Constitution as solely the union of one man and one woman – and has been met with outrage by many gay activists.
Gary Schneeberger, vice president of media and public relations for Focus on the Family Action, said the new poll numbers could very well represent a backlash from Americans who have seen several New England states legalize gay marriage through their legislatures, not the vote of the people.
The poll results also seem to indicate people are not relying solely on the mainstream news media to get their information on the issue of same-sex marriage.
"In reporting the results of its own poll, CBS used the word 'dip' to describe the 9 percent plunge in support for gay marriage," Schneeberger said. "In elections, it's considered a landslide when a candidate wins by 10 points. So to describe this as a 'dip' pretty clearly illustrates where CBS, at least, stands on this issue."
ROFL Is it just coincidence that the whole Perez Hilton/Carrie Prejean debacle occurred in April and exposed the hateful gay agenda?? I think not.
I agree with the backlash. In New England as well as CA. People have been pushed too far, and even a lot who didn’t care one way or another have, as they say, seen this issue in a new light. Forcing it on people is a loser for people.
“This so called same sex “marriage” agenda is one of the worst proposals ever.”
Say what?
(and the title could have been ‘support shrinks’)
Yeah, people are getting sick of them acting like such jerks for their agenda. All Carrie Prejean did was to espouse the exact same position that Barack Obama held during the 2008 election. I didn’t hear them say a damn thing in opposition to Obama over his rejection of gay marriage.
It is amazing when conservatives show a little backbone and stand up for their beliefs, what happens. Note to Conservatives...STOP BEING AFRAID TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS!!!!
Nuff said.
I don’t think there was ever much support for it. Every state that had an election on it voted it out. The only states being stuck with it had their rights over ridden by the courts.
Good point, and I would suggest that the "No On 8" group did exactly the same thing.
To know them is to oppose them.
Read recently that among gays themselves, ONLY 1% favor same sex marriage. Talk about a hair on a dogs tail wagging the dog!
I think people are tired of hearing about agenda peoples supposed rights.
I think, slowly, people are starting to realize that the media image of gay marriage is MUCH DIFFERENT than the reality.
The image being two otherwise-normal people of the same sex that want to live a life together and mind their own business, just like a straight married couple.
What people now see is the following:
1) Forced sexualization of kids in schools, with no opt-out (aka, Massachusetts)
2) ‘Married’ gays still running around like mad with other gays (i.e., infidelity is not a term in their lexicon).
3) Support for “new arrangements”, such as threesomes and who knows what else.
4) In-your-face behavior of gays, now that they’re making progress on forcing their lifestyle into the mainstream. You see it on ‘mainstream’ TV and in the news, where gay couples are reported on like they live in every other apartment. Similar to how the military is 10% women, but women are interviewed more than 50% of the time when news stories are done on soldiers.
5) Pictures of gay couples...it reminds people just what they are supporting and how far-out the concept is. I think this is killing their movement.
And the Grand Canyon is a ditch.
Can we skip the PC diplomacy and actually state the problem?
The reaction of the pervert activists and their supporters to the loss in California was loud, sustained, destructive and spiteful in the extreme. Merit and reasoned argument had no part in the discussion.
That turns normal people off. And the activists haven't a clue what to do next, other than to appeal to legislators and judges.
And we know the people's deteriorating opinion of those two arrogant, out-of-touch groups.
Thats funny.
Great post! Adding to your point #4:
-Gays have a quota in nearly every TV show, movie, etc. So now we have the token gay to go with the token black and the token woman.
-Plus the gay character, more and more, is being held up as the moral compass or the authority on what is right and wrong. Yeah, right, give the pyro the gas and matches.
Touche’, spot on, thank you!
Yes, and yes. And lest we forget the introduction and even enforcement of so called hate crimes laws.
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