Public Support for Gay Marriage on Verge of Surpassing Opposition

Mr. Gibson,

Your article and the Pew poll are a bit behind the times. An August, 2010 CNN poll reported 52% responding "Yes" to the question, "Do you think gays and lesbians should have a constitutional right to get married and have their marriage recognized by law as valid?" vs. 46% against.

And, another August, 2010 AP poll also found 52% in favor vs 46% against in response to the question, "Should the Federal Government give liegal recognition to marriages between couples of the same sex, or not?"

And, even more recently (as in yesterday's) Washington Post/ABC News poll found a 53% majority supporting gay marriage vs. 44% against.

The support has ALREADY surpassed the opposition.

(Links readily availiable thru the google.)

There's yet another poll regarding repealing the DOMA (one "skewed right", no less! but one required to balance things since it waas condoucted on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign) that found " 51 percent of voters polled oppose DOMA while 34 percent favor it. (Link: http://www.hrc.org/DOMApoll2011/ )

Mr. Moehler (with whom I almost NEVER agree- on ANYTHING) is correct when he says, "it's clear that something like same-sex marriage -- indeed, almost exactly what we would envision by that -- is going to become normalized, legalized, and recognized in the culture."

When he says, "It's time for Christians to start thinking about how we're going to deal with that.", really, there's only one option if people really do claim the name of Christ, and that is to love one another.

This will, of necessity, mean the end of comparing loving, committed, adult, consenting relationships with "marryin' a dog", "child-molestation", incest, rape, ***********, etc. and all the other usual "suspect" false accusations that some who call themselves "Christians" are fond of hurling. This is not "love".

It will also mean the recognizing of the humanity of God's gay and lesbian children, and also the call for them to be treated equally before the law, thus fulfilling the other of Christ's commandments - to do to others what you would have done unto yourself.

i dont know where they do there polls but ive talked to hundreds here in my area and its the same, no to gay marriage.. its unnatural. civil unions, why not , but not to marriage. leave that to men and woman. if this passes then our great nation is doomed if it isnt already.....

Let them be parents as long as they impregnate naturally

There is no such thing as homophobia. That is like saying Hitler was afraid of the jews, or the Ku Klux Klan is afraid of black people. Now, Hitler and the Klan may have been "afraid" the jews and blacks would get equal rights, but that's called prejudice. "Homophobe" is a word we use to "hide" it. C'mon America! Come out of the closet!

...and so begins the downfall of our once- great country.

With more than 50% of marriages ending in divorce within the first five years, With more than 40% of babies currently born out of wedlock and father's refusing to accept the legal, financial and moral responsibilities of fatherhood, With more than 60% of younger people (18 to 34) cohabitating without the financial and legal commitments of marriage, I find it hard to believe many so people are determined to deny two people of the same gender the rights to commit to the legal commitments of marriage. It is apparent the heterosexual community already have what they obviously do not want. Anyone concerned about the "family" should commit to the idea of outlawing divorce and forcing fathers to take responsibility for their off-springs rather than placing this financial burden on society. Allowing two people of the same-gender to commit their love and passion to one another thru "marriage" in no way hinders my 32 year marriage.

I would like to know who gets polled. I never get asked and there are a lot of other people, I know, that don't get asked either. So where are all the numbers coming from? The institution of marriage is being destroyed by adultery, fornication, too many divorces and families are being torn apart. As the country goes down this road, we are losing what makes us strong; family units with a mother, father and children. Welfare system has destroyed the family unit because if you need assistance, can't be married. We are a stronger nation when we have a mother and father raising their children to be productive members of society. Gender matters in society. If you don't agree, you have a right to your opinion, just like I do. What you do in the privacy of your home is just that - private. Once government approves of gay marriages - the next thing will be trying to force religions to go against their belief and perform gay marriages. Wrong is wrong. Society is being destroyed by immorality, selfishness, not taking personal responsibility for your actions, indebtedness, greed, and the list can go on.

To Rimmerjax & Pianomanref; Maybe it's easy for you to just brush it off and call it "nonsense" or say most people don't care. But that's because you can't possibly know what it's like to be on this side of it. Way too many people have lived their entire lives in this country where people make laws against them saying they are not allowed to marry the person they love or to be a parent. Would you like it if people who had no experience living the way you have your whole life decided laws against you?

I think the huge majority of the USA does not care, they are to worried about important things like, food, shelter, paying the bills, buying gas and living their lives.

The world is on fire and we are worried about this nonsense?