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Bump! To think all of our public servants would like her. That's quite a lady we have in Congress and the liberal attack dogs will impugn her motives in supporting the Federal Marriage Amendment anyway.

"The Christian legislator believes a const..."

Why aren't christians opposed to it called Christians.

Oh, I forgot. Its understood by reporters that these other "christians" (wink,wink,wink) are really not christians at all. Its just part of the game to garner votes of christians. Amazing how they support every pagan and atheist cause but go to mass in washington and no one calls them on it.

*NBC News/Wall Street Journal* Poll** conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). July 26-28, 2003. N=500 adults nationwide.
"Do you favor or oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into same-sex marriages?"
		Favor	Oppose	Depends (vol.)	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%
	7/03	32	51	4	13
"Do you favor or oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements with each other that are not marriages, but that would give them many of the same legal and financial relationships as married couples?"
		Favor	Oppose	Depends (vol.)	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%
	7/03	53	34	2	11

*CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll*. July 25-27, 2003. N=1,006 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
"Do you think homosexual relations between consenting adults should or should not be legal?"
		Should	Should Not	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	7/25-27/03	48	46	6
	7/18-20/03	50	44	6
	5/5-7/03	60	35	5
"Do you feel that homosexuality should be considered an acceptable alternative lifestyle or not?"
		Should	Should Not	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	7/25-27/03	46	49	5
	5/5-7/03	54	43	3
"Would you favor or oppose a law that would allow homosexual couples to legally form civil unions, giving them some of the legal rights of married couples?"
		Favor	Oppose	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	7/25-27/03	40	57	3
	5/5-7/03	49	49	2

*CBS News/New York Times* Poll**. July 13-27, 2003. N=3,092 adults nationwide. MoE ± 2 (total sample).
"Would you favor or oppose a law that would allow homosexual couples to marry, giving them the same legal rights as other married couples?"
		Favor	Oppose	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	ALL	40	55	5
	Republicans	27	71	2
	Democrats	45	50	5
	Independents	45	48	7
	18-29 years	61	35	4
	30-44	40	55	5
	45-64	38	58	4
	65 & older	18	73	9
	Men	39	56	5
	Women	41	53	6

*CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll*. July 18-20, 2003. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
"Would you favor or oppose a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages between gay or lesbian couples?"
		Favor	Oppose	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	7/03	50	45	5
"Now I'd like you to think about how your attitudes toward gays and lesbians might have changed in the past few years. Have you become more accepting of gays and lesbians, have your attitudes not changed, or have you become less accepting of gays and lesbians?"
		More Accepting	Not Changed	Less Accepting	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%
	7/03	32	59	8	1

Time/CNN Poll conducted by Harris Interactive. July 16-17, 2003. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.
"Do you think marriages between homosexual men or between homosexual women should be recognized as legal by the law?"
		Yes	No	Not Sure
		%	%	%
	7/03	33	60	7
	10/98	29	64	7
	9/96	26	65	9
	6/94	31	64	5