Buried in a recent FOX News poll were results that could be explained as both shocking and predictable, which is that Americans once again oppose gay marriage. Voters say by a 47 – 43 percent margin that they oppose legalizing gay marriage. In fact, the term same-sex marriage, which data show polls significantly better, was used in the survey.
“Do you favor or oppose legalizing same-sex marriage?” the pollsters asked.
Now that the limelight is off of same-sex marriage, a plethora of other polls have shown a similar reversal. It is either that Americans were shamed by a public relations campaign or that the polls were always bias toward the LGBT cause. That would appear to be the case with the justices who have decided the majority of same-sex marriage cases.
Nevertheless, it may just be too late.
Federal courts have been striking down voter approved gay marriage bans across the country. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco struck down the bans in Utah and Nevada recently, which passed with enormous majorities. The ruling came moments after the Supreme Court refused to hear pro-traditional marriage appeals.
In June, 2016, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed by overwhelming majorities from both parties in Congress and signed by Democratic President Bill Clinton. Opponents of the law have always contended that if the polls were so decidedly in favor of gay marriage, then why do proponents insist on taking their case to the courts, rather than the American people via ballot initiatives and state legislatures.
The reason may be comparable to abortion. Support for abortion road of wave of cultural coolness over the past several decades, but now is again opposed by a majority or plurality of Americans in recent polls. In the case of late-term abortion, those numbers are far more favorable to the pro-life designation.
As we’ve previously examined, Americans’ views on abortion are such that the left could never have a public battle in legislatures over late-term abortion. So, they have men and women in black robes do it for them.
Roe vs. Wade was supposed to settle the cultural issue of abortion, yet it hasn’t. From the polling data from FOX News, Gallup, Rasmussen Reports and several others, it would appear the courts will hand down another social issue ruling that is certain to cause strife in society for years to come.
Moderationforajustworld / October 16, 2014
“pro-traditional marriage appeals” ??
I was unaware that people were arguing for traditional marriage, i.e., the wife becomes the legal property of the husband, the races of the spouses have to be the same, etc. That is traditional marriage.
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to_tell_the_truth / October 16, 2014
Friendly amendment: ‘the wives become the legal property of the husband’, since throughout MUCH of history (including ‘Biblical history’), heterosexual polygamy was most assuredly a ‘tradition’. Still is … in countries where women are still pretty much “chattel” (if ya catch my drift).
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to_tell_the_truth / October 16, 2014
Re: “The reason may be comparable to abortion.”
Um, not really. Not if you want to be believed, anyway.
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badforu / October 17, 2014
Not that i needed an affirmation of the ilk of the american public, but i have felt that the goverment has moved alot from what the public wants. Now they do alot that we do not approve of. Arming/funding al quida would never fly by vote. Just like the gay army, gay marriage, instigating and attacking these other countrys like they have. No accountablity nor responsiblity. System is broken, misused and abused beyond recognition.
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aaglaas / October 17, 2014
A majority of Americans support the Supreme Court’s decision to allow gay marriage to proceed in multiple states, a new poll says. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Friday, 56 percent of Americans support the court’s decision earlier this month, compared with 38 percent who oppose it. The survey is another sign that the American electorate has grown increasingly more receptive to same-sex marriage in recent years. In May, Gallup reported that support for gay marriage was at an all-time high at 55 percent, while a separate ABC News/Washington Post June survey reported that 56 percent of Americans support it — the same number who approve of the Supreme Court’s decision. In those 11 states that have legalized same-sex marriage since the decision, 51 percent support the court’s decision and 42 percent oppose it. The survey showed familiar divides in political ideology and age. More than 70 percent of people younger than 40 support the high court’s decision as well as 80 percent of liberals, while 70 percent of conservatives oppose it.
Independent voters appear to be largely in favor of same-sex marriage — 49 percent say their opinion on gay marriage is closer to that of the Democratic Party, while 23 percent say they agree more with the GOP
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