Fighting the War on Error

"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists."
- Political & Social Activist Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989)

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Gallup Poll numbers on same-sex marriage


Believe it or not, I'm encouraged by these poll numbers, even though a majority of Americans are still opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage. Over the last 10 years, the trend is headed one way, and its toward legalizing gay marriage. I hope I live to see the day.

I attended my first gay wedding a few weekends ago, and it was so wonderful to see our friends Jimmy and Jason so in love and committed to each other. (Not surprisingly, it was one of the funnest weddings I've ever been to.) Pennsylvanians take great sport in making fun of New Jersey (and often for good reason), but Jersey's well ahead of Pa. on gay marriage, and the state also has nicer beaches than Pa. does.

Incidentally, the last question in the footage above is absurd: "Should homosexual relations between consenting adults be legal?" Anyone who thinks it should be illegal is living in the stone age. What people do in the privacy of their own homes, between consenting adults, is no one's business, period.

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