Poll shows support for gay marriage falling, and opposition rising (US)

I never trust polls too much as they are, as you mention, subject to sample size and methodology. I would, however, worry if randomized serial polling began to all be consistent.

 

It might just be that individual poll...

However, on the off-chance that the trend continues then :***: that! I'll leave the country before I end up being locked in an insane asylum for my so-called "disease"!

 

I didn't see anything about how this information was gathered. My general rule is that if a person doesn't have enough sense to avoid someone walking toward them holding a clipboard, then poll results are meaningless. Just food for thought

 

It's so much fun voting away other people's rights, except for that pesky thing called the US Constitution, which says that everyone is supposed to be treated equally before the law.

Why should anyone's opinion and prejudices matter, including the members of the Sub-prime Court, if the jackasses can simply READ.

 

Just a guess, but Slate might be trying to ramp up interest in the mid-term elections. The mid-terms are looking like a bloodbath against the Dems right now. IMHO, this article is scare-tactics to try and motivate (D) voters.

Big Media just looks like Big Propaganda to me.

 

Polls aren't exactly the most reliable sources.
:eusa_naug Journalists should report facts, not opinions.

 

I don't understand: Why is gay marriage (actually just "marriage") such a big deal? How is allowing gays, and more generally any two people, to get married going to cause any harm to anyone? And who cares what marriage used to be (i.e.: a male-female union), how is what happened in the past supposed to determine/affect the future?

 

Well, the positions become more extreme as time goes on. It isn't just "I don't like gay marriage", now it's "Gay marriage is a threat to my conservative Christian way of life! We must take back the country!"

And the other side gets more extreme too, which alienates even more people. It's nothing more than a "culture war".

 

If anything, it's most likely just leveling off. I mean, have we ever heard, "I used to support gay marriage, but not anymore." It would be antithetical to any progressive minded person, in my opinion; so not sure what this poll is trying to get at.

 

There is a place in the local mall that does surveys. The people walking around with the clipboards approach with a line similar to "Would you like to take a survey? We will pay you for your time."

I don't know what they pay or how long it takes but the offer of basically free money overrides a lot of common sense.