Gay Marriage Gains in Polls Like a Backup Sink Just as The Supremes Get Ready to Sing
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By god sakes if I was a practicing Christian or practicing anything religious, anything to do with god, wouldn't you say that may be he is trying to tell you! something. What would it take anybody to be convinced that one thing we try in this nation to do, even though we fail many times is to be fair. Contrary to popular believe that the national populace can not be blamed for what the politicians do is very wrong. These politicians have a mom, dad and dark room fill no longer with smoke but lots of fine spirits and an ambilical cord to their parents which are the voters who got them there. The voters keep those scissors nice and sharp enough that can cut them off like my mom used to cut a piece of soft chicken breast.
When you have over half of the country on anything you usually get unity and a sense that the people are speaking. I hope that is happening because anytime people speak, that lady with a blindfold and weight counter manage to see who is talking and usually swings that way of the way the noise is coming. I hope that american politics being what they are, that the natural cause of events will follow and we will get something out of the supremes called fairness——few of us now believe in justice but most of us we surely damn believe in trying to be fair to one another.
A book a few thousands years old written by men that could only speak of their times and use the symbols of their times and churches that have used tradition when it was important to them and their message., I hope that fairness comes with a strong dose of common sense. If that happens may be we would have learnt the lessons of the separation of races, the injustices that were committed when you separate. Just like in Nazi Germany when they were able to separate everyone by birth and looks you started having millions of human beings cooked up for dinner, supper,breakfast and lunch. And nobody came to their rescue says the book of recent history and human crimes. The Japanese were separated in camps too and they suffered, no body got cooked, hung or gassed them but loosing your liberty for whom you are and were born as?
Let this time when we have killed separated and hid in closet all sorts of people that their only sin was that some,….they…. had to put their penis in a slide different position with their human brother they love and wanted to share a life with. What do they deserve? I say they deserve fairness.
Fairness for people that are not 100% like you but they are humans and maybe they are 99% or may be 100% by the time you get to know them. If everybody knew an LGTB person as their neighbor or family and you got to know them, you will be in the over half of the country that are standing with us, gays. You will say I should be fair and it doesn’t cost me a dime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~Adam Gonzalez of adamfoxie*
More than half of Americans support allowing same-sex couples to marry, endorsing the goal of gay-rights activists as the U.S. Supreme Court this month prepares to rule on the issue for the first time.
(By Lisa Lerer & Greg Stoh)r Bloomberg Network
Fifty-two percent say they back giving gay couples the right to marry, compared with 41 percent who are opposed, according to a Bloomberg National Poll conducted May 31-June 3.
Of those supporters, more than half -- 61 percent -- want a national law rather than a state-by-state approach. During arguments in March, the justices signaled a reluctance to declare a right to same-sex marriage nationwide.
“It should be a national law that is done and over with,” says Kevin Mangum, a disabled veteran from San Angelo, Texas. “Things change, and that’s the way it is now.”
Momentum has grown behind gay marriage over the past decade. Twelve states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex weddings, six in the last year alone.
Companies including Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are urging the court to back gay-marriage rights, as are dozens of Republicans who once held top government positions.
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The growing acceptance of same-sex nuptials comes as the Supreme Court is set to rule on two cases about the issue. The higher-profile one centers on California’s Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned gay marriage in the state. The initiative effectively overruled a state Supreme Court decision that had permitted such weddings for five months.
Multiple Options
The second case concerns the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that defines marriage as a heterosexual union. The court will rule on the law’s provision denying legally married same-sex couples the federal benefits available to heterosexual spouses, such as the right to file joint tax returns.
In the California case, the court has a menu of options. It could issue a sweeping ruling either way -- declaring a nationwide right to same-sex marriage or decide that the issue should be determined on a state-by-state basis.
The justices suggested during the earlier arguments that they are inclined to take a narrower approach. The Obama administration is urging the court to adopt reasoning that would allow same-sex weddings in California and six other states that currently permit civil unions or domestic partnerships. The court could also rule on procedural grounds, limiting the impact to California, or even dismiss the case entirely.
‘Global Resolution’
The poll results illustrate that much of the public would prefer a more sweeping response from the high court.
“There is a wish for this to be over and done, to find a global resolution rather than this being revisited election by election,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of Des Moines, Iowa-based Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll for Bloomberg.
The higher level of support is driven by the overwhelming backing for same-sex marriage among younger Americans, regardless of political affiliation. Almost two-thirds -- 65 percent -- of survey respondents under age 35 say they favor gay weddings. Americans over age 55 are almost split, with 44 percent favoring gay marriage and 47 percent opposed.
“I see no possible explanation for how that sort of discrimination is acceptable,” says Leeor Schweitzer, a 24-year-old political independent from Portland, Oregon.
The age gap is particularly stark among Republicans, who oppose same-sex marriage in higher numbers. Overall, one-third of self-identified Republicans favor same-sex marriage and 59 percent oppose it. Those under age 35, however, support it by a 5-to-4 majority.
Unmistakable Message
The Republican National Committee, as part of an internal examination of the party, released a report this week exploring its failings among young voters, including opposition to same-sex marriage.
“It was unmistakable in the focus groups that gay marriage was a reason many of these young voters disliked” the party, the report said.
“People my age don’t see a problem with it,” says Chris Paradiso, a 27-year-old Republican sales manager from New York. “As long as they don’t try to marry me I don’t care.”
At the same time, more than two-thirds -- 68 percent -- of born-again Christians, a strong base of support for the Republican Party, are against same-sex marriage.
“It’s totally against what Christians believe,” says Dena Smith, a housewife in southernArkansas. “I would not vote for someone who is for legalizing gay marriage.”
{Adam}
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