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Coming out ahead: Why Gay Marriage is on the way.
For social conservatives, it seems that the battle over gay rights is nearing an end before it has even fairly begun. It is true that a small majority of the American public continues to believe, as the poll question puts it, that "sexual relations between two adults of the same sex" are "always wrong." It is true, as well, that a slightly larger majority believes that persons of the same sex should not be allowed to marry.
But public opinion has been moving with stunning rapidity. In the 1970s and '80s, the percentage of Americans who believed gay sex was "always wrong" barely budged. The National Opinion Research Center found that 73 percent held that belief in ...
- Social conservatives pressing Bush to take more vocal stand against gay...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Slater, Wayne February 7, 2004 700+ words
...AUSTIN, Texas _ Social conservatives are pressing...role to ban gay marriage, not only...conservatives on the gay marriage issue is...negotiable among social conservatives have to do...said the gay marriage issue could...
- Social conservatives pressing Bush to take more vocal stand against gay...
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News February 7, 2004 700+ words
...AUSTIN, Texas _ Social conservatives are pressing...role to ban gay marriage, not only...conservatives on the gay marriage issue is...negotiable among social conservatives have to do...said the gay marriage issue could...
- Out in front; Gay marriage.(San Francisco steals a march on gay marriage)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) February 21, 2004 700+ words
...Kerry, for example, says he is against gay marriage, whatever the Massachusetts judges may...could well now be a constitutional ban on gay marriage. For that is what many social conservatives are now demanding Mr Bush push through...
- Politics of the Altar; GOP leaders are putting gay marriage back on the agenda....
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Rosenberg, Debra Bailey, Holly Breslau, Karen June 12, 2006 700+ words
...jump in support for gay marriage since 2004. And Bush...also questions how gay marriage plays as an electoral issue. Though social conservatives vote for marriage...insist they know how gay marriage affects their voters...
- NEWSWEEK: President's Friend Believes Bush's Interest in Banning Gay Marriage...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 4, 2006 700+ words
...amendment banning gay marriage and that many credit...also questions how gay marriage plays as an electoral issue. Though social conservatives vote for marriage...insist they know how gay marriage affects their voters...
- Social conservatives look to build on same-sex marriage ban.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) November 9, 2005 700+ words
...AUSTIN, Texas _ Texas social conservatives want to translate...resounding victory on a gay marriage ban into broader...amendment by foes of gay marriage. "We have to hope...said supporters of gay marriage currently "don...
- Pennsylvania House Avoids Potentially Divisive Gay-Marriage Debate.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 16, 2004 700+ words
...Constitution to bar gay marriage -- in the midst of...backlash. Anti-gay-marriage legislation is in...many legislatures. Social conservatives are romping with the...development. How does gay marriage play politically...
- Clergy duel as lawmakers delay gay marriage vote.(NATION)
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Colbert, Chuck August 11, 2006 700+ words
...O'Malley called the gay marriage ban "neither a Catholic...movers among religious and social conservatives' efforts to place a gay-marriage ban before voters. Last...taken the lead on the gay marriage question, Donilon said...
Source: HighBeam Research, Coming out ahead: Why Gay Marriage is on the way.