Six out of 10 Americans Say Homosexual Relations Should Be Recognized as Legal

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE ^ | May 15, 2003 | Frank Newport

[First Amendment]

I believe in freedom of religon and part of that freedom infers that we don't place our religous dictates and standards upon others.

Since the laws this country was founded on (the basic laws such as laws against killing, stealing, assault etc) are in essence based on morality, right and wrong, which is based on religious tenets - how do you figure what should be outlawed without reference to religion? There is no other universal way to distinguish right from wrong.

And the silly statement that "you can't legislate morality" is so juvvenile as to be totally meaningless. All laws are legislating morality.

[weegee]

Was this poll taken across America or in a few major cities?

Bush Country doesn't swing this way:

[Remedy]

I will believe that the majority of Americans said that homosexual relations between consenting adults should NOT be ILLEGAL.

Sodomy Laws

SODOMY LEGAL IN 3/4 OF STATES

9 States with sodomy laws which apply to heterosexuals and homosexuals

4 states with sodomy laws which apply only to homosexuals

27 States where sodomy laws have been repealed legislatively

10 States Judicial invalidation of sodomy laws

[weegee]

Based on that definition, I would have to say that this is a very queer poll indeed.

[Remedy]

Liberals 79%

Those living in the West -67 %

Those living in urban settings - 64 %

Also, see post #83

[Publius6961]

Gee that's odd.
None of the people I know feel that way!

[Centurion2000]

Should Homosexuality Be Legal?

NO ..... just because I bunch of people think it should be that way doesn't mean that it's right ....

Before a couple of guys named Galileo and Copernicus, the world population thought Earth was flat and was also the center of the universe.

Hell, islamis STILL think that in some countries.

If 6 of 10 people think that baby sacrificing should be legal, should it be ?

Oh wait ... it is (abortion)

[Centurion2000]

"Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that Annal Sex May Be Hazardous to Your Health."

Just exactly how does one penetrate a history book successfully anyway ???
Sounds extraordinarily painful.

[Remedy]

... Men Who Have Sex with Men ...

C.D.C uses the abbreviation MSM which I always mentally translate as, Men Sodomizing Men

[Boot Hill]

drjimmy says:   "I take it then, that you have never had a BJ (from a woman), since supporting that biological activity, which if practiced by everyone, would mean the END OF THE HUMAN RACE."

You are (intentionally?) confusing foreplay with the consummate act. Foreplay, any foreplay, intended to lead to procreative sex is a world of difference from the life ending practices of homosexuals.

--Boot Hill

[Boot Hill]

Belial says:   "Thanks for a brilliant demonstation [sic] of the logical fallacy known as the slippery slope."

You correctly identified that as a "slippery slope". What you failed to do was to show that it was also a fallacy. Care to back up and start over? Naw, didn't thinks so.

--Boot Hill

[Boot Hill]

"I do not believe the statistics..."

What he said.

[JudgemAll]

Sure, eating sh!t is also legal. Does that mean however that it should become a right that employers must be forced to deal with? A Jewish employer should not be obliged to deal with gentiles, amongst other things, in the development of a personal style amongst workers.

So gays can have their personal styles but others not?

So gays can force hapless souls into homosexuality and marriages and threaten divorce on them when they find out it's a gross error, but the general population cannot divorce itself from gays?

Makes a lot of sense, not

[duckman]

"Maybe the rumps should be tatooed. "Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that Annal Sex May Be Hazardous to Your Health."

How about "No If's And's or Butts"?

[dalebert]

More propaganda.

[caisson71]

There is no proof or argument that would satisfy those bent on promoting acceptance of their decadent lifestyle. It would be "childish and silly" to try. It is only through deceit, subterfuge and a very dishonest and willing press that you've gotten this far.

[P_A_I]

Since the laws this country was founded on (the basic laws such as laws against killing, stealing, assault etc) are in essence based on morality, right and wrong, which is based on religious tenets -

Wrong. - All societies, groups, tribes, etc, --- have had such laws, based on the non-religious rationality of the 'golden rule'.

how do you figure what should be outlawed without reference to religion? There is no other universal way to distinguish right from wrong.

'Do onto others' is as 'universal' as it gets.

And the silly statement that "you can't legislate morality" is so juvvenile as to be totally meaningless. All laws are legislating morality.

Nope. They are simply reasonable agreements on what is to be criminal, & the penalties for the crime.
- And in our constitution, we agreed to live by the reasonable rule of laws that protected individual rights to life, liberty & property.

Thus, what goes on in your neighbors house is none of your business, unless anothers rights are being harmed.
--- But what goes on in public can be legislated as to 'moral standards' to a very high degree, even in a free republic..

Pity that so few conservatives can understand that distinction. The liberals think that EVERYthing can be legislated..

[drjimmy]

You are (intentionally?) confusing foreplay with the consummate act. Foreplay, any foreplay, intended to lead to procreative sex is a world of difference from the life ending practices of homosexuals.
I can understand how it might be confusing to you, since it appears that the only sex you support is sex that leads to pregnancy. I guess you agree with Bill Clinton that what he engaged in with Monica was not "sexual relations." I don't think too many Americans are interested in having the cops peeking in their windows to make sure they don't, uh, finish things off before getting into the missionary position.

[Lizavetta]

Thanks for a brilliant demonstation of the logical fallacy known as the slippery slope.

Oh, you're so right....complete fallacy. All I have is the history of the income tax, smoking rights, abortion, environmentalism, 'human and civil' rights, feminism, and most of the other things governments do to back me up. Starts out sensible and ends up tyrannical.

[MHGinTN]

You have asserted that something Remedy posted regarding the homosexual deviants who try to get HIV is false. Prove it, homosexual apologist, prove your assertion.