Posted on 03/04/2011 10:07:24 AM PST by Sarabaracuda
As the abortion and gay marriage debates simmer beneath the national brawl over spending, a new poll shows Americans are becoming much less conservative when it comes to social issues.
A Pew Research Center poll released Thursday showed growing support for legal abortion, gay marriage and marijuana legalization.
The shifting attitudes on the latter topic were particularly dramatic. Americans opposed legalizing marijuana by an 81-16 split two decades ago. The latest poll showed just 50 percent now oppose the change, while 45 percent support legalizing marijuana.
On the abortion question, the survey showed Americans trending toward supporting abortion rights after a brief drift in the opposite direction. A 54 percent majority favored legal abortion, while 42 percent opposed it.
The poll also showed more Americans coming around to the idea of same-sex marriage. Though Americans were opposed to gay marriage by nearly 2-1 a decade ago, the latest poll showed 45 percent in support of it, with 46 percent in opposition.
The survey showed the public split just about even over the issue of gun control, with as many people supporting gun rights as gun regulation.
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IF— and it’s a big IF -the polls are honest—and if they do
represent an evolution in our society —then perhaps the Beguiler in the WhiteHouse —and his handlers were right and
America fit only for despotic Communistic rule.So much for the founding principles Religion,Morality and Knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind.
Problem is I do not wish to live under Communist Rule— or
Democratic Party leadership ( pretty much same- same) And that includes zero tollerance for the change the O wishes to prosecute.
Don’t believe a word of it. Such fake polls are the spearhead of the left to demoralize conservatives.
Don’t believe a word of it. Such fake polls are the spearhead of the left to demoralize conservatives.
More indicators that leftist brainwashing and indoctrinating of children from preschool to graduation can destroy their ability to reason and to think clearly for many years after.
no it’s not
The percentage seems to be growing too, even while the other half is made to pay their bills for food, clothing, shelter and non-stop entertainment. It's simply unsustainable. I wish there were a way to give them their own country.
The majority opinion isn't always the correct one.
Let’s see what would happen under sharia law.
Abortion - not sure, but would think death to.
Legal Pot - the penalty is death.
Pot and gay marriage, I believe, but the country has been trending more and more anti-abortion for some time now. Don’t believe it for a second.
...and the economy is improving too!/s
All three of these have the common factor of destroying the traditional family.
And that’s the intermediate goal of the communists on the road to taking over our country.
I just wish there was another America to go to. I don’t know if there are enough people without TV mush brains to come back from the brink.
In a stable, growing economy, having children is an endeavor with a certain amount of risk, but the rewards outweigh the risks.
In a recessionary, shrinking economy, the risk of having children outweighs the rewards. Starting a family and having children becomes a high-risk endeavor.
This is why so many young adults still live at home and fail to launch. It is why the attitudes toward abortion are swinging back to the pro-choice position. People are fearful of their futures and want abortion to be there as an option in case it's needed.
This poll is a testimony to the lies told by the political class and their MSM that everything is getting better every day. People are looking at the closed businesses, empty storefronts and their own grim prospects for a job, and they are feeling cognitive dissonance. Some absolutely know the political class and the MSM are lying, and those who don't, sense that something is very wrong but can't put their finger on what it is.
There is a way to see if my guess is right and if I'm on track. As the economy continues to deteriorate, and the dollar goes into freefall and collapses, public attitudes toward abortion should liberalize more and more. Keep an eye on the tie between these two trends. It will tell you a lot about the state of the American psyche.
I’m taking as much of a vacation from t.v. as possible. It’s beyond ridiculous. I understand your statement about another America. Me, too.
Placemark.
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