On Fox, Gary Bauer Reverses Public's Support For Gay Marriage

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On Fox, Gary Bauer Reverses Public's Support For Gay Marriage

January 10, 2012 11:12 am ET — 29 Comments

During an interview on Fox & Friends, Gary Bauer, president of conservative group American Values, claimed that the "overwhelming majority of the American people think that marriage is between a man and a woman." In fact, multiple polls conducted in 2011 show that a majority of Americans favor legalizing gay marriage.

Bauer Claims "Overwhelming Majority" Of Americans Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

Bauer: "The Overwhelming Majority Of The American People Think That Marriage Is Between A Man And A Woman." On the January 10 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson interviewed American Values President Gary Bauer about his support for GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. After a clip of Santorum being booed during a forum at New England College was aired, Bauer said:

BAUER: I suspect, or at least I've read, that the booing was because -- shock of all shocks -- he thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman. That's what, of course, for several thousand years, marriage has been. The booers aren't offering much to the debate. Look, the overwhelming majority of the American people think that marriage is between a man and a woman. {Fox News, Fox & Friends, 1/10/12}

But Bauer Is Wrong: Polls Show Majority Of Americans Support Gay Marriage

[barbtries]

1. how many people will ever hear that he is wrong?

and in their little pea brains think "cool, i'm just like practically everyone else, hating on the gays. i'm okay"

assholes.

[Doctor_J]

2. Whoa. Another right-wing liar

being promoted by Fox. I am shocked.

[Saving Hawaii]

3. You know, crazy as it is, Prop 8 managed to pass, in California, maybe he's got a point, seriously.

Commas.

[99Forever]

4. A lie on FAUX news channel?

Oh crap, say it ain't so!



Seriously tho, why would you subject yourself to watching that?

[catbyte]

5. Maybe the "overwhelming majhority" of cretins he hangs out with believes that

but not real people.

[Doctor_J]

7. I didn't know civil rights were subject to referendum anyway

that's one thing no one ever points out to these idiots.

[NorthCarolina]

6. Absent any factual knowledge, he's as good as 100% correct to his Fox audience. nt