Gay Marriage: Only a Matter of Time -- Politics Daily »
Posted By TimALoftis 6 months, 1 week ago in FamilyThis was a good week for social and religious conservatives and a bad week for proponents of same-sex marriage. At least that's how it seemed. But success, in this case, was an illusion.
Rather, I should say that the conservatives' apparent victories were only temporary. Why do I say that? Because when it comes to the question of gay marriage, the future is not on the conservatives' side. The ultimate resolution of this issue is a matter of simple math: Young Americans favor gay marriage, old Americans don't. The poll numbers on this question are immutable, as unyielding as the aging process itself.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger summed it up nicely -- and succinctly -- this week: "One day," said the Governator, "either the people or courts will recognize gay marriage."
I'm pretty sure it's going to be both. The "Millennial" generation will see to that. All anyone need know about the long-term prospects of gay marriage -- and of the likely fate of a political party that opposes it -- is that evangelical Christians under the age of 25 are more tolerant of gay marriage than New Deal Democrats over the age of 65.
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TimALoftis6 months, 1 week ago
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Indeed. It's Just A Matter Of Time.
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Our Nation's youth will see to that.
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One thing became clear in the 2008 campaign, however: The young voters who flocked to Obama in unprecedented droves did so in spite of his stated opposition to gay marriage, not because of it. And the tepidness of that opposition only added to his appeal. In other words, his young supporters did not really believe him; they figure he was with them, but couldn't say so for reasons of expediency.
Don't take it from me. In a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in May, 59 percent of respondents aged 18-29 said "yes" to the question: "Should same-sex marriages be recognized by the law as valid?" Only 37 percent in that young age group answered "no." -
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david_nwpa6 months, 1 week ago
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Yes, in time the people of this nation will accept that gays and lesbians are human too. They deserve and demand the same rights as heterosexuals. We will not give up until we achieve marriage equality. The right-wingers can bash us as much as they like, and have already done so. That said, our fight will continue.
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mesodude6 months, 1 week ago
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"Never happen."
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--I could be wrong but I think the 18,000 gay married couples in CA would disagree with you, Endo. It's happened already. Time to accept progress.
"Why do you people think you have to change thousands of years of the concept of what a marriage is and is for."
--You probably think we should go back to criminalizing interracial marriage too, huh? Or maybe slavery? Should we go back and strip women of their voting rights? After all, the concept of what voting was for was only meant to include men, right?
"This in your face idiocy angers a lot of people but you never get it."
--No one's in your face and you cannot prove that gay marriage threatens hetero marriage in any way. You're losing and you're losing it, Endo. ;-P -
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wtagg6 months, 1 week ago
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"This in your face idiocy angers a lot of people but you never get it."
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That scares me. You do the same thing concerning many issues. Try looking in the mirror.
How you and your church relate to marriage has nothing to do with the secular civil agreement between to individuals concerning partnership. This is amusing considering that conservatives do not want governmental intrusion into the private decisions and agreements between members of the citizenry. It clearly demonstrates that you are not conservative. You want government to regulate personal relationship, agreements, and decisions of the citizenry.
If you want to say that you personally do not recognize same-sex marriage because of your archaic religious belief, that's is perfectly within your right to do so. It is not within your right to deny full access to the secular civil law in this country.
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