Gay Marriage Poll

CNN/ USA poll ^ | June 27-29, 2003 | CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll

[VRWC_minion]

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. June 27-29, 2003. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
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"Do you think marriages between homosexuals should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?"
		Should Be Valid	Should Not Be	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	6/03	39	55	6
	1/00	34	62	4
	2/99	35	62	3
	3/096	27	68	5

 

[Bigg Red]

Not good. We need the DOMA.

[y2k_free_radical]

Our country is slowly going immoral

[Bluntpoint]

I thought they spelled pole (poll) wrong.

[thinktwice]

From the Will Durant books, "The story of Civilization," the institution of marriage was a consequence of individual ownership of property, which was itself a consequence of nation-state formation. The private ownership of property led to a desire to pass that property to heirs when the owner died.

Before that, the concept of individuals owning property was non existent; clans and tribes took care of local defense matters.

[VRWC_minion]

We need the DOMA

DOMA is DOA.

Gay marriage will be with us very shortly. They momentum is on their side. If we are smart we would create some sort of legal safe harbor for it before the courts do so.

[Nowhere Man]

I don't feel comfortable about it, but sometimes it would be better if we leave the Boston to Washington DC corridor and the extreme "left coast" (LA to Frisco) to the liberals and libertines and just break away with the rest. I think Walter Williams is right, I think the chasm between us and the libertines has gotten so wide that we need a divorce. I think it might come down to that someday. Liberals and conservatives, well that's one segregation I can live with.

[stevio]

The is no other way to argue against this except that it is
against God's law. This is sad, the greatest nation in the history of the world is going the way of Sodom and Gomorrah.

[VRWC_minion]

The "divorce" wont' be along physical barriers. It will emerge along social ones.

[Rudder]

Want a safe harbor? Marry someone of the opposite sex.

I cannot see what the big deal is. If homosexuals want to marry same-sexed porcupines...so what?

How, specifically, does homosexual marriage threaten heterosexual marriage?

This is all a distraction away from really important issues, IMHO.

[longtermmemmory]

there are more than enough reasons to argue agains homosexual marriage that do not involve religion. It only requires the slightest effort.

[Kahonek]

"We need the DOMA."

DOMA has been passed. It was signed by William Jefferson Clinton, himself.

[Rudder]

I cannot see what the big deal is. If homosexuals want to marry same-sexed porcupines...so what?

How, specifically, does homosexual marriage threaten heterosexual marriage?

[VRWC_minion]

I cannot see what the big deal is.

Putting aside that many folks believe that this is a huge social issue, the economics alone should be of interest to you.

Recognizing marriage will have a profound impact on social spending, income taxes, estate taxes and property deeds.

It will create huge loopholes for tax avoidance and possibly eliminate benefits married couples currently have , such as their not being a tax on assets exchanged between them. All I need to is enter into a civil union with the person I want to sell to and there is no income tax on the gain.

Health benefits for spouses will be at risk. Look for companies to use this as an excuse to avoid insuring spoues, especially with the added costs incurred in picking up someone with aids.

Divorce courts will become even more overtaxed while gays slug out property settlements and child support.

Like it or not, its an issue that has far more ramifications than getting your dog registered or having your car registered at MV.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Whoops I think I logged into DU by accident. Sorry.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Funny, these recent figures fall below the Quinnipiac poll where 58% find homosexuality “immoral,” I wonder why CNN’s poll is different?

[VRWC_minion]

Funny, these recent figures fall below the Quinnipiac poll where 58% find homosexuality “immoral,” I wonder why CNN’s poll is different?

It makes sense. In this poll 55% say they shouldn't be married.

[Rudder]

Well, if it's all about money and taxation then I guess homosexual marriages do threaten the status quo of government coffers. A limited partnership would also do the same.

But I still don't see how these types of unions will threaten heterosexuals (it may even keep the homosexuals out of the rest areas and off the streets.) That is, I don't see how homosexual immorality will rub off on heterosexuals, a scenario the fear of which many have expressed. Their unions will be sterile (I'm against homosexuals adopting kids--maybe that's where our effort should lie).

In short, why waste our time fretting over this?

[VRWC_minion]

Well, if it's all about money and taxation then I guess homosexual marriages do threaten the status quo of government coffers. A limited partnership would also do the same.

Not even close. The extent of the changes that a marriage would effect are far reaching economically. An LP doesn't come close.