Posted on 06/28/2009 4:01:20 PM PDT by jessduntno
Same-sex 'marriage' loses support among Americans
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/28/2009 4:00:00 AM
A recent poll indicates that Americans are not as supportive of homosexual "marriage" as they once were.
A CBS-New York Times survey shows that support for redefining marriage to include same-gender couples has declined. Jenny Tyree of Focus on the Family Action tells OneNewsNow that, according to The New York Times, the figure dropped slightly -- but she believes nine percentage points is more than slightly.
"I think that this really digs into what Americans really feel about marriage -- that they like that [marriage is] defined between a man and a woman," she contends. "And also it's a bit of a backlash against the five states whose legislative bodies have redefined marriage very recently within the last several months."
Part of the drop may also relate to the continuing battle to defeat California's Proposition 8, she says, in which voters defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
"I think Americans really saw the intolerance that occurred after the Proposition 8 vote back in November," she recalls. "They saw that many who want to redefine marriage were not happy with really what the people decide, and what the people decided in California was to continue to define marriage the way it has been defined."
After the election, several lawsuits were filed to try to overturn the voters' decision. Another federal lawsuit challenging it was filed just last week. Tyree believes the poll also sends a strong message to the White House, which has stated as a goal to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Wow. CBS/NYT poll? this is serious...
Perez Hilton was lamenting about a poll the other day where it showed support for “gay marriage” collapsing in California.
He blamed Blacks and Hispanics. (But he didn’t call them the N word or Spics)
Why doesn't HE move to Iowa? They legislated 'gay marriage' if you can believe that.
Why is it unbelievable? Iowa is a solid blue state and has been for many years, with 2004 being the notable exception.
Rather, the Judges legislated it.
This is great unexpected news. This makes no sense. We are told the support for abortion is falling and now this. Then why are we losing all these elections?
Filed by a Ted Olson, who worked for the Bush admin. My question: does he have "standing" to file this suit? Huh? Does he? If not, it must be dismissed exactly like those suits about BO's BC!
To make matters worse, there should be a good chance Republicans can take back at least the House and we should also win the governorship as the RATs in this state are destroying the economy.
But Republicans are in a circular firing squad arguing over what to do about the gay marriage issue and the extreme right is threatening to take their ball and go home unless their candidate wins the primary.
There are very good people with different ideas as to what to do about it but the purists want one way only. They expect the governor to sign an EO to stop it.
I’m a libertarian, I voted for Ron Paul for President, and I think consenting gay adults should be allowed to get married.
Probably the war driving off independents. Also, conservatives don’t like being lied to.
The American people have never been supportive of homosexual marriage. If the American people got to vote on this matter, the result would be exactly the same as Prop 8 in CA.
We are not a communist nation, and do not like to be dictated. Being taught how to think, what is okay, and how to behave, has gotten many angry. Consevatives, as a general rule, do not protest until they are pushed. It is now we are striking back.
I wanna know if Charlie Butts has a brother called Seymore
Same sex “marriage” never has had any support among AMERICANS.
“Filed by a Ted Olson, who worked for the Bush admin. My question: does he have “standing” to file this suit? Huh? Does he? If not, it must be dismissed exactly like those suits about BO’s BC!”
Since his wife was killed on 9/11, I think the poor man has gone around the bend...she would probably kick his ass if she were alive today...
I wanna know if Charlie Butts has a brother called Seymore
Did you see the author tag?
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