Posted on 06/06/2014 5:47:39 PM PDT by LonelyCon
A full 50 percent say gay marriage is protected by the Constitution’s Equal Protection clause, an argument repeated by judge after judge in a string of federal rulings against state bans since a pivotal Supreme Court decision last summer. Some 43 percent do not believe gay marriage enjoys constitutional protection. Support for gay marriage overall — regardless of views on whether it is constitutionally protected — enjoys broader support, with 56 percent saying they back the right for same-sex couples to marry and 38 percent opposing it.
In states that ban same-sex marriage, opinions tilt narrowly in support, 50 percent to 44 percent opposed. Opinions in these states are even more closely divided on whether or not it is a constitutional right, with 45 percent saying it is protected and 48 percent saying it is not. That includes the handful of states where federal court decisions against gay marriage bans are pending appeal. In states where gay marriage is allowed, 64 percent support it and 56 percent see it as a right.
Most demographic and political groups support gay marriage. Republicans continue to oppose it, but the GOP (and independents who lean GOP) are fractured by age. Republicans under 50 lean in support while those 50 and over oppose it.
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I'm a Republican under 50 and I think gay "marriage" is a liberal fantasy that can't exist regardless of what laws they make claiming it exists. And I will never change my position on this issue.
And none of them have even read any part of the constitution.
80% of Americans have never read the document
When a people stray so far from God's truth, they die spiritually. He weeps. Judgment will come, indeed has come and will continue to come upon this nation as we ignore His Holy Word.
Church, you are commanded to stand for Him in a dark world. Let your light shine before men, and though they persecute you for His name's sake, you will be rewarded.
Do not be deceived. God is not mocked.
The homosexual movement was never about ‘equal rights’ or marriage. Both issues are a smokescreen/diversion.
Homosexuals desire fortification with our children.
If/when ‘gay marriage’ is approved watch for the sudden push to lower the age of consent.
Neither have the judges, or the clerks (mostly gay clerks, it seems) who crank out the opinions they sign.
Meh whatever.
Falling country is falling.
I’m not too sure many of our little American people today know the word “wept”.
It surely must be an emanation of a penumbra of some obscure phrase somewhere in there.
They have been repeating the lies in all the media. The empty headed, easily influenced will eventually believe the lies.
Libertarians.
1.3 Personal Relationships
Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.
If “gay marriage” is an constitutional right, then how about polygamy? Why not two spouses?....
Three spouses?....
Thirty spouses?
After all, every consenting adult’s got the right.
Right?
It’s right there next to the right to kill babies. Any evil thing that Satan’s children want to do, they will claim as a Constitutional “right.”
In the midst of our ever-changing world, it is a real comfort to me to know that we have a never-changing God. Malachi 3:6 says, “For I am the Lord, I do not change.” Is that not a neat thought?
http://www.ccesonline.com/godsconsistency.htm
The “marriage” demanded by the homofascists is not the same marriage as has existed in this country since the Mayflower landed. They ignore this fact and have convinced the sheeple that gays are being denied equal rights.
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