Poll Shows Views On Marriage Equality Unchanged - Foe's of Marriage try & change tactic's

Take Heart - We are winning and can continue to win back the insitution of marriage!

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows support for marriage steady and holding with intensity being the strongest among opponent overall, half saying such marriages should be illegal, including 42 percent who say so strongly.

More importantly a new set of polls show...

The "Equality" Argument is not resonating with the middle.

Working with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a pro same-sex "marriage" group called Third Way conducted two polls, one in Washington and one in Maine, immediately following the elections there. Their analysis of the key findings from that research lays out their thoughts and initial insights about what may be the best way forward towards achieving same-sex "marriage" in the future.

Our biggest insight is that the “equality” argument is not connecting with the middle on marriage. Instead, we must show the middle that gay and lesbian couples are seeking to join in the true spirit of how the middle sees marriage. The middle thinks of marriage as an ideal as opposed to a legal construct, and they are not yet persuaded that gay couples fit into this ideal. For the middle, the ideal of marriage is about lifetime commitment, sacrifice, responsibility, and obligation—not rights and benefits. To reach the middle, we need to show respect for the tradition of marriage and demonstrate that gay couples want to undertake the responsibilities that come with it, including making a lifetime commitment to another person.

These polls found that the gay marriage campaigns in Maine and Washington focusing on "equality" and "discrimination" as central themes were effective at mobilizing the base - but does not resonate with most swing voters. Only 22% of "middle" voters in the Maine poll agreed that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry is "discrimination," and 31% agreed with the "separate but equal" analogy.

Furthermore - Our Pro-Marriage arguments are what make the decisive difference in peoples opinions!.

Interestingly enough voters across the spectrum agreed with Opine and are concerned about the state of marriage in this country. More in the Maine poll said marriage has "major problems" than said it was in "good shape" or has "minor problems." So when gay marriage advocates argue that half of all straight marriages end in divorce anyway, that does not really address their concerns. They already fear that marriage is "threatened," and don't want it to get worse.

Commentary on these polls at the Huffington Post by the pro-gay "marriage" side reveal the truth about how our side is winning & reveal a desperate change in tactics by the gay left; trying to convince more people to change the definition of marriage in the name of gay identity politics.

Going After the "Movable Middle" on Gay Marriage

Grandma Knows Best

How respondents describe "marriage" had a major impact as to whether they opposed Question 1 in Maine. If they said it was a "lifetime commitment," they voted for neutering marriage 62-38 - but those who called it a "sacred bond" made them vote three-to-one against us. A "union between two people" also helped those wanting to redifine marriage, but very few swing voters agreed with that description.

Whether people thought gays want to "change" marriage - as opposed to "join" marriage - also made a huge difference. Those who said "change" voted "Yes on 1" by a nine-to-one margin, while 74% of respondents who picked "join" went with redefining marriage. The polls show more swing voters believed that gay people are trying to "change" marriage.

We would do well here at Opine to read these articles and polls and be ready to counter this new approach. We are in fact winning at the ballot box and holding steady in national and regional polls. People are more concerned with the institution of marriage than they are swayed by spurious "equality" arguments and the rank bullying that come with them.