I believe the reason the polls have shifted so dramatically in the gays favor is black support for obama spilling over into this issue.
Before Obama blacks were as a group the most anti-gay race in America. Black churches are notorious for railing against homosexuals. So, even though they voted Democrat, blacks used to be aligned with Republicans on this particular issue. But having the first black president so heavily support the sodomites has forced blacks to support sodomites too or risk abandoning their man in the white house.
What is yet to be seen is if this will continue much beyond Obama’s tenure. It's very possible that after Obama is out of office the black community (led by it's churches) might turn strongly against sodomy again.
-PJ
ah, I hate to disagree but none of my brothers and sisters, and myself, believe in gay marriage, 3 out of 6 of the nephews and nieces and many of their friends do.
This CAN be reversed, by explaining that 80 percent of venereal disease comes from 3 percent of the populations, gays, to be exact.
That HIV has had devastating consequences and continues at a pace of 50k new cases a year because of lack of self control. And even with meds, they are getting dementia in their 40s
that gay men die 20 years earlier than their straight counterparts.
That the past 6000 years marriage has been understood to be between man and a woman.
Matrimony, derived from words meaning mother and condition. The condition of motherhood.
Most gay marriages are “open”, which means they think nothing of breaking marital vows.
etc.
Your comment reminds me of something that happened to me 3 weeks ago. I was perusing the racks at a thrift shop when an older black gentleman grabbed a hideous pair of rally stupid looking pants. He looked at me and said that he’d only wear those if he was the grand marshall at a gay rights parade.
We shared a good laugh.