Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Poll: 92% Say It Hasn't Impacted Their Lives

[LynneSin]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/poll-92-of-iowans-believe_n_293539.html
Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Poll: 92% Say It Hasn't Impacted Their Lives

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One of the most commong arguments against marriage equality is that the legalization of gay marriage threatens the institution of traditional marriage. But a recent poll conducted by Des Moines Register finds that 92% of Iowans believe that "gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives." The study comes just months after the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision to overturn a 10-year-old ban on same-sex marriage.

The poll finds that Iowans are evenly split in their attitudes toward same-sex marriage

[Prism]

1. Meanwhile, 70% declare "But it's so icky!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6596752&mesg_id=6596752

[Bleacher Creature]

2. So how exactly has it impacted the other 8%?????

[Echo In Light]

4. Wishful thinking?

[tk2kewl]

5. Positively

they were able to get married :applause:

[undeterred]

9. They went broke buying wedding gifts for all their gay

neighbors and relatives.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

12. Perhaps positively

If I were a florist, limo driver, caterer, formal wear rental company, jeweler in Iowa, I'd be smiling because of the added business.

[SPedigrees]

19. Our Vermont inns, tourist bureaus, real estate agents and wedding service providers love it too.

They loved the business that came their way from our groundbreaking civil union law before we had gay marriage.

Once you get marriage equality established, a strong economic lobby to keep it is guaranteed to follow.

[krispos42]

13. They're the gay couples that have the option now!

:woohoo:

[izquierdista]

16. They got married

Because now they could.

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. It allowed them to marry? nt

[Critters2]

3. And every time I've gone to Iowa to do a wedding,

we've had a big meal afterwards, and bought gas for the trip back. It's good for the economy!

[kestrel91316]

6. ......and the other 8% are bald-faced liars.

[Tesha]

11. No, no!

This wasn't just a poll of "straights", so one can assume that some portion of that 8% had their lives *POSITIVELY* affected in that they were now able to get married! And who knows, perhaps Iowa is more gay than anyone thought and it's *ALL* of that 8%!

Tesha

[kestrel91316]

15. Excellent point. My bad.

[Bleacher Creature]

20. I basically thought the same thing (see above), but agree now that the 8% may be a good thing.

[Pirate Smile]

7. I'm in Iowa. There is a general "stay out of other people's business if it doesn't concern you"

sense that dominates which you could see even from the Republicans they spoke to for the article.

I just haven't seen anything negative for the anti-marriage advocates to get everyone freaked out about so I think it is here to stay. :)

If anything, all the ridiculous Chicken Little crap from the RW has been proven to be complete nonsense (which we already knew) following all the legal Gay Marriages.


Just let people live in peace as they wish.

I really don't think they will be able to turn the clock back and will just look mean and intolerant when/if they try.

[JenniferJuniper]

8. In MA, after 5 years it's pretty much a non-issue. My 10 year old

came home from school last June announced her teacher would be getting married over the summer. Her older sister asked if she would be changing her last name. Response, "No. She said she'd still keep her same name." And then shrugging, "Maybe the lady she's marrying is going to have her name now." And neither one of them thought a further thing about it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. And the other 8%

say it is great, because they are caterers, hotels, etc, and have gained a lot of business from the weddings!

[bluestateguy]

14. My family knows an ultra-religious couple (man and wife) who moved away from Iowa in protest

Don't make me explain how they know them. It's complicated, and they are not "friends".

Anyway, this couple decided to move away from Iowa in protest of gay marriage. They wanted to live in a "pro-family" state. They chose Tennessee.

[LynneSin]

18. And Iowa is probably all for the better for it

I mean who cares about screwing up your career, putting your family thru hell with a move - it's all the the cause of not catching a case of 'teh gays' in Iowa.

:crazy:

[onenote]

21. What's particularly humorous is that Tennessee has an above average divorce rate

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/Divorce%20Rates%2090%2095%20and%2099-07.pdf

Tennessee consistently has had a higher divorce rate than the national average, while Iowa has consistently had a divorce rate that is below the national average.