According to an L.A. Times poll, more Americans are opposed to gay marriage than support it.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Most Americans oppose same-sex marriage and many believe homosexuality is "against God's will," but otherwise consider themselves tolerant of gays, according to a Los Angeles Times poll.
By a margin of 55 to 41 percent, those polled agreed with the statement that "if gays are allowed to marry, the institution of marriage will be degraded."
About half favored a U.S. constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman, while 42 percent opposed it, according to the poll published Saturday on the newspaper's Web site.
By a margin of 55 to 41 percent, those polled agreed with the statement that "if gays are allowed to marry, the institution of marriage will be degraded."
About half favored a U.S. constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman, while 42 percent opposed it, according to the poll published Saturday on the newspaper's Web site.
I'm glad that a sizable majority are against writing discrimination into the Constitution, but discouraged that so many are in favor of it. We'd do well to remember that opposition to interracial marriage was even higher than this, several decades ago, and that perhaps individual life choices and civil rights shouldn't be dictated by popularity contest.
The same article also included a photo with this caption: "A supporter of the Federal Marriage Amendment demonstrates alongside a gay American flag at a march in San Francisco last week. The event was to affirm love and tolerance, but not same-sex marriage." Oh yeah? Since when do fundamentalists get to insert their marketing copy directly into "impartial" news websites? Grumble grumble grumble. I got news for you people. If you favor making your personal prejudices the law of the land, that ain't love and tolerance.
