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Half of Americans say gay marriage is a constitutional right
Washington Post ^ | 6/6/14 | Niraj Chokshi

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gay; homosexualagenda; marriage; polls
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Say it enough and the sheep believe the lie apparently.
1 posted on 06/06/2014 5:47:39 PM PDT by LonelyCon
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To: LonelyCon
>> Republicans under 50 lean in support <<

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.

2 posted on 06/06/2014 5:51:04 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Looking at the weather lately, I could really use some 'global warming' right now!)
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To: LonelyCon

And none of them have even read any part of the constitution.


3 posted on 06/06/2014 5:54:24 PM PDT by CommieCutter ("For an idea to be too simplistic, it must first be proven wrong" --Thomas Sowell)
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To: LonelyCon

80% of Americans have never read the document


4 posted on 06/06/2014 5:54:25 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: LonelyCon

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.

5 posted on 06/06/2014 5:54:48 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: LonelyCon

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.


6 posted on 06/06/2014 5:55:15 PM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Viennacon

Neither have the judges, or the clerks (mostly gay clerks, it seems) who crank out the opinions they sign.


7 posted on 06/06/2014 5:56:11 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: LonelyCon

Meh whatever.

Falling country is falling.


8 posted on 06/06/2014 5:56:16 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I’m not too sure many of our little American people today know the word “wept”.


9 posted on 06/06/2014 5:57:34 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: LonelyCon
back the right for same-sex couples to marry

This is like "supporting a woman's right to an abortion."

10 posted on 06/06/2014 5:58:43 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: LonelyCon

It surely must be an emanation of a penumbra of some obscure phrase somewhere in there.


11 posted on 06/06/2014 6:00:39 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: LonelyCon

They have been repeating the lies in all the media. The empty headed, easily influenced will eventually believe the lies.


12 posted on 06/06/2014 6:01:10 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: LonelyCon

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.


13 posted on 06/06/2014 6:01:49 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: LonelyCon
Republicans over 50 are also glad they don't have to live through much more of this depravity.

14 posted on 06/06/2014 6:01:59 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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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?


15 posted on 06/06/2014 6:03:14 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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Right?

And don't forget to throw in legalized prostitution.

16 posted on 06/06/2014 6:05:16 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: LonelyCon

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.”


17 posted on 06/06/2014 6:09:46 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: SoFloFreeper

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


18 posted on 06/06/2014 6:10:55 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: LonelyCon

Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM6ZX4gyjAA


19 posted on 06/06/2014 6:15:14 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: LonelyCon

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.


20 posted on 06/06/2014 6:17:47 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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