I just dug up the
latest Gallup poll on gay marriage, and not surprisingly, a majority of liberals support it, moderates slightly less, and about 65% of self-identified Republicans/conservatives still oppose it.
Although 2 points:
1) the pro-gay Left for the last 20 years has been carpet-bombing the public in news, tv, movies, etc., that being gay is harmless and just another lifestyle. While there has been virtually no counter-argument or pushback by Christians and other conservatives to cite the negatives, not just Biblically, but also in studies of homosexuality, that arguably prove it is NOT just an alternative lifestyle. Even when I was an agnostic, I intuitively felt this. And it is confirmed by many sources, largely uncited, in a one-way propaganda war by the Left.
2) Many people, even religious professionals, scientists, psychologists, political leaders, actors, news professionals, music stars, owners of corporations, have seen the huge backlash by the political Left at anyone who dares to voice a dissenting opinion toward gays, and are therefore in most cases intimidated into silence about voicing dissenting thought.
The previous Chic-Fil-A intimidation, and the current Phil Robertson/Duck Dynasty purge attempts being prime examples.
As as I cited before, even medical professionals attempting objective research on the subject of homosexuality are intimidated into silence, at threat of having their careers ended if they even
potentially do research that raises the question objectively of whether homosexuality is inborn or learrned.
As in the PSYCHOLOGY TODAY magazine staffers who were liberal and pro-gay, but still attacked and threatened when they called for objective research on the subject.
Some REAL polls I'd like to see, as opposed to the liberal-skewed pro-gay ones, would ask:
Do you think gay marriage is acceptable? (which this Gallup one does).
Do you PERSONALLY approve of gay marriage, or is it something weird to you, that you merely tolerate? (NOT asked by Gallup.)
The question they asked about whether people perceive that most others approve/disapprove was a good question in the right direction by Gallup.
Do you feel that you are pressured/intimidated into silence and passive acceptance by those who advocate for gays?
And a specific breakdown of a variety of opinions on gay issues (do you support gay marriage, do you think it should be limited to civil unions but not marriage, do you feel gay advocacy stifles freedom of others, do you accept gay people within your family and social circles, regarding family/friends who are gay would you prefer if they were not, etc., to
specifically define where the line of tolerance/acceptance/resigning true feelings in the face of PC intimidation, is drawn.)
I suspect if the questions were asked in a way that shed light on preference vs. acceptance, these rigged polls would manifest far less support for homosexuality across the board.
Tolerated, not shunned, yes.
But fully embraced and preferred, no way.
Which is hard to do, when the pollsters are as intimidated as the scientists, reporters, businesses, actors, musicians and clergy who study, report, or simply voice, a dissenting argument.
