It’s not just Democrats and liberals who are the reason for the shift on gay marriage. Beneath the broad support from liberal-leaning demographic groups, is the fact that some of the biggest shifts in favor of gay marriage since 2004 have been from some more unlikely, conservative-leaning blocs — blue-collar […] Read more »
If the US held a referendum today, gay marriage would win
Much hangs on how the nine US supreme court justices rule later this year on the two same-sex marriage cases they’ve heard this week, but if given the chance would Americans vote in favor of marriage equality? Would they have done so last year, or, more importantly, today? I think […] Read more »
Americans Secretly Oppose Gay Marriage
If you’ve struggled to find humor in politics recently, rejoice. At least the skewed-polls people are still around. Yesterday, Chris Stirewalt blogged for Fox News that polls overstate support for gay marriage. Voicing a similar belief, leading social conservative Gary Bauer showed little concern over public opinion, telling Fox’s Chris […] Read more »
No, a Sweeping Gay Marriage Ruling Won’t Trigger a Backlash
… For all the fervor around the issue, many supporters worry that a blanket declaration of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage would create a backlash, turning Americans against the cause. … In fact, there is now a good deal of research on how the public reacts to Court decisions, […] Read more »
Parties scramble to come to terms with opinion shift on same-sex marriage
If justices on the Supreme Court sounded cautious and tentative as they addressed the issue of same-sex marriage Tuesday, it’s little wonder. Like everyone else in public life, they are operating in the middle of a political whirlwind. The political and legal systems are caught between past and future. Public […] Read more »
Mawwiage
… Over the last two decades America has been fencing with the issue of how we as a society should interact with our gay and lesbian fellow citizens. Well, we’ve actually been fencing with it for a heck of a lot longer than that, but there is a good chunk […] Read more »