Posted on 03/01/2012 7:01:04 AM PST by Short Bus
John Bohanan opposed a same-sex marriage law in the Maryland legislature last year, and the measure lost. But in February, the Democratic lawmaker decided to change his vote, and with his help, the bill narrowly passed.
"Once I began to look at this through the eyes of my own kids and other young people, it became pretty clear," the father of four sons, ages 17 to 21, told the Washington Post. "You want them to have love, and if that's how they want to express it, you want them to be able to do it openly."
Wade Kach, a conservative Republican, backed the marriage measure after a hearing at which gay couples talked poignantly about forming families of their own. "As a pro-life Republican, I believe it's my responsibility to make sure children are taken care of," he explained. "I left that hearing a changed person."
Bohanan and Kach reflect a national tide that is running swiftly in favor of gay marriage....
Last year, for the first time, national polls showed a majority of Americans favoring same-sex marriage. Statistician Nate Silver, writing in the New York Times, estimates that support for the concept is growing by 4 percentage points every year. By the November election, he forecasts, 56 percent will favor legalizing gay unions and only 40 percent will oppose them....
...."As more gays and lesbians come out of the closet, more parents, children, siblings, friends, neighbors and co-workers know or love someone who is gay. Because few people favor discrimination against those they know and love, every gay person coming out of the closet creates more supporters of gay equality."...
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What am I missing here? Has "gayness" become significantly more common in recent years? If it's in the genes and can't be helped, as leftists claim, this is the only possible explanation. Yet that seems highly improbable, since for obvious reasons that is one trait that's not likely to be passed on genetically. A much more plausible explanation is that people like Cokie and Steve Roberts, and the politicians named in their article, have no sense of moral absolutes and change their position whenever the wind changes direction - resulting in more people making the decision to seek a same-sex partner. While I strongly disagree, I can respect those with different opinions. What I cannot respect is people whose opinions are so easily influenced by those around them that their sense of right and wrong changes with the times. If you believe it was wrong that people were not allowed to marry someone of the same sex ten years ago, one hundred years ago, and one thousand years ago, I disagree but I respect you. If you believe it was wrong in the past but OK now, please go home and grow a backbone.
What am I missing here? Has "gayness" become significantly more common in recent years? If it's in the genes and can't be helped, as leftists claim, this is the only possible explanation. Yet that seems highly improbable, since for obvious reasons that is one trait that's not likely to be passed on genetically. A much more plausible explanation is that people like Cokie and Steve Roberts, and the politicians named in their article, have no sense of moral absolutes and change their position whenever the wind changes direction - resulting in more people making the decision to seek a same-sex partner. While I strongly disagree, I can respect those with different opinions. What I cannot respect is people whose opinions are so easily influenced by those around them that their sense of right and wrong changes with the times. If you believe it was wrong that people were not allowed to marry someone of the same sex ten years ago, one hundred years ago, and one thousand years ago, I disagree but I respect you. If you believe it was wrong in the past but OK now, please go home and grow a backbone.
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