Ideology and a vast age gap mark public attitudes about gay marriage, supported in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll by 77 percent of adults under age 30 – vs. just half as many seniors. Most Americans overall, 56 percent, support allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, not significantly […] Read more »
Most Americans Say Same-Sex Couples Entitled to Adopt
A clear majority of Americans (63%) say same-sex couples should have the legal right to adopt a child, the most to say so since Gallup began tracking opinions on the matter more than 20 years ago. This is higher than Americans’ support for same-sex marriage (55%). CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
New Record Highs in Moral Acceptability
The American public has become more tolerant on a number of moral issues, including premarital sex, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. On a list of 19 major moral issues of the day, Americans express levels of moral acceptance that are as high or higher than in the past on […] Read more »
Same-Sex Marriage Support Reaches New High at 55%
Americans’ support for the law recognizing same-sex marriages as legally valid has increased yet again, now at 55%. … Democrats (74%) are far more likely to support gay marriage as Republicans are (30%), while independents (58%) are more in line with the national average. Though Republicans still lag behind in […] Read more »
Poverty Is Not a State of Mind
Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush, the didactic-meets-dynastic duo, spoke last week at a Manhattan Institute gathering, providing a Mayberry-like prescription for combating poverty in this country: all it takes is more friendship and traditional marriage. … A Pew Research Center/USA Today survey in January found that, unlike Democrats and independents, […] Read more »
The Leadership Emotions
… The rise of professional strategists has changed the mental climate of the time, especially in the realm of politics. Technical advisers are hired to be shrewd. Under their influence the distinction between campaigning and governing has faded away. Most important, certain faculties that were central to amateur decision making […] Read more »