American support for same sex “marriage” has fallen despite media hypeAFA of Indiana has issued an update that includes the following: The President’s proclamation praises his being the first U.S. chief executive to appoint “openly LGBT” candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an administration. He also used the proclamation to emphasize gay rights efforts that he intends to pursue in the future on the domestic and international fronts. Nevertheless, the President’s support for homosexual politics (and even cross dressing) may not sit well with most Americans. In spite of some setbacks in a few states and the media and liberal pundit’s premature celebration of the death of traditional marriage, America’s opposition to same-sex marriage is still very strong. In fact, only 40% of Americans support devaluing marriage by redefining it to include carbon-copy gender distinctions for homosexual couples, rather than the exclusive bringing together of a man and a woman for a societal good. A new poll from the USA TODAY and the Gallup Organization also found that national opposition to same-sex marriage is holding strong at 57%. Support for marriage protection has not changed in the last year in spite of the pro-gay pop culture and actions by some liberal northeastern states. In fact, support for same-sex marriage may even have stalled. It has fallen six points from its polling peak two years ago of 46%. Three times as many Americans believe allowing same-sex marriage would change society for the worse as those who see it as an improvement. Opposition to same sex marriage is significant in all polling groups with a slim majority of Democrats supporting changing marriage. Only 45% of Independents and 19% of Republicans support same-sex marriage. The national poll involved 1,015 adults conducted from May 7-10th. |