Support for gay marriage takes dramatic leap in California, new poll shows

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

A new poll shows gay marriage has arrived in California – in public opinion if not in state lawbooks.

Golden State registered voters now favor same-sex unions by 59 percent to 34 percent, a 25-point gap that is the largest margin of support for the issue in the three-plus decades the Field Poll has been asking the question.

The new Field survey shows support has leapt markedly in the three and a half years since California voters approved Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, 52.3 percent to 47.7 percent.

The poll showed increases in support virtually across the board – among voters under 64, non-white voters, Catholics, Republicans and nonpartisans.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/29/4299164/support-for-gay-marriage-takes.html

[calimary]

1. Damn straight! Get used to it, knuckle-draggers.

Nobody's forcing you to marry a same-sex partner. Stop being bedroom-busybody pissants and GET OVER IT.

[Arugula Latte]

6. And, frankly, a big chunk of those who won't get over it are dying off or will die off soon enough.

[racaulk]

2. I crossposted this in the LGBT Group.

I hope you don't mind. I didn't see a thread on this topic there, and it seemed like an important topic for members of that Group to see, just in case this thread sinks here in GD.

Posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/11376511

[SWTORFanatic]

3. I wonder if conservatives actually know they're just stalling what will almost

certainly be legal across the land in under 10 years and I'd wager dollars to donuts it will be legal in under 20 years.

[gratuitous]

8. I think they absolutely know it

And that's what was driving a lot of the "defense of marriage" nonsense in the last 10 years, as the anti-love crowd sensed their hegemony slipping away. They wanted to solidify their position and try to cast the status quo in amber, putting it beyond the reach of change. You might as well try holding back the tide with a push broom.

After Oregon defeated a couple of statewide anti-gay ballot measures in the early 1990s, the Oregon Citizens Alliance worked to pass local ordinances in small towns around the state where their hate got a more favorable reception. Their aim was to keep piling up little victories in hope that it would soon amount to some kind of fait accompli. Unfortunately for the OCA, they got a mixed bag of results, and due to financial troubles finally called it quits, but not before passing Measure 36 in 2004, defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Basic Rights Oregon has been quietly building a campaign that I think will eventually introduce another statewide ballot measure to repeal Measure 36, probably in 2012.

I think most of the savvier operatives in their camp know they're stalling the inevitable.

[meti57b]

4. Extremely cool!!

California is a truly great state!!

[Initech]

5. Prop (H)8 should have never happened. Glad it was overturned.

[2ndAmForComputers]

11. So, are same-sex marriages happening there right now or not? If not, what's keeping them?

[Initech]

13. You got me.

I expect they'll start back up in a few months. Either way - fuck the bigots.

[ruggerson]

15. No

No new marriages are occurring pending the final outcome of the lawsuit.

[BigDemVoter]

7. Gay marriage

opponents won't ever accept a court settlement, as they'll always maintain the myth that the "majority" of Californians are against it. It would be nice to see it put to a vote (NOT that I think civil rights should be put to a vote as a rule) simply to show them that they are obstreperous a-holes and are on the wrong side of this argument.

[gtar100]

9. They need to vote in those proportions as well then.

If all liberals/progressives/democrats/left-leaning-thinking-people actually voted, there would probably be a noticeable swing in the mentality of this country.

[FreeState]

10. K&R

[Stargleamer]

14. Put it on the ballot then. . .

and let's vote it in, instead of having to wait around.