In today’s New York Times Susan Saulny’s article “Young in G.O.P. Erase the Lines on Social Issues” appears. … The article’s thesis is that younger Republicans are becoming more liberal on “the social issues,” defined as same-sex marriage and abortion. Saulny cites polling data showing that a growing minority of […] Read more »
A Coming Wave of Gay Marriage Electoral Victories?
… Four states have marriage-related ballot initiatives this fall, and gay-rights activists are cautiously optimistic that their side could win most or all of them — a potentially historic turning of the tide. The pro-gay-marriage side currently leads in the latest polls of the ballot measures in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota […] Read more »
Catholics Share Bishops’ Concerns about Religious Liberty
Catholics who are aware of U.S. bishops’ concerns about restrictions on religious liberty generally agree with the bishops’ concerns. Yet the bishops’ protests against government policies they see as restrictive of religious liberty have not drawn much more interest among Catholics than among the general public. And there are no […] Read more »
Two-Thirds of Democrats Now Support Gay Marriage
Reports that the Democratic Party may add support for gay marriage to its party platform are in keeping with a significant shift of opinion on this issue among Democrats nationwide. Just four years ago, in 2008, only half (50%) of Democrats favored allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, while […] Read more »
Public Opinion on Gay Marriage in Utah
President Obama’s recent shift on the gay marriage issue has brought renewed attention to the trends in national surveys. Survey data from Gallup, Pew, and New York Times/CBS all show that Americans are now more likely to agree with the administration than they were just a few years ago. What […] Read more »
Obama’s Gamble
… By endorsing gay marriage, championing free contraception in health insurance plans (over resistance from the Catholic Church), and administratively legalizing young people brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents, Obama has repeatedly subordinated the concerns of older and blue-collar whites to the preferences of the Democrats’ emerging coalition: […] Read more »