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View Poll Results: Are you views on gay marriages different than they were a year ago or a few years ago?
Yes, I used to be in support of gay marriages, now I'm against it 1 1.35%
Yes, I used to be against gay marriages, now I'm in support of it 3 4.05%
No, my views are the same 69 93.24%
Not sure 0 0%
No opinion 1 1.35%
Voters: 74. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-29-2009, 07:44 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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Nothing has changed my mind at all, including one of my daughters coming out to me last year.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:45 PM
 
Location: Texas
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It went up 1%? Is that even statistically significant?

Don't care one way or another. Keep government out of everyone's marriage.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:47 PM
 
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or the marches against the election outcome relating to Proposition 8 in CA.
If it were suddenly illegal for heterosexuals to marry someone of the opposite sex, I think they'd be a little miffed too.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
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Default More and More Gay people Opposted to Gay Marriage?

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I am personally against gay marriages and this has always been my view on it. Gallup poll shows an increasing number of Americans opposed to gay marriages, 57% oppose it, up from 56% last year and 53% in 2007. Opposition to gay marriage is higher than it was 5 years ago, in 2004, when 55% opposed it. Majority of Americans Continue to Oppose Gay Marriage
Perhaps, they're finally getting around to polling non-mainstream Gay People and asking their opinions. I'm sure the heterosexual crowd automatically concludes that all Gay people are in support of Gay marriage. Wrong!

I'm Gay, and stand totally opposed to it! And I have Gay friends who are equally opposed to it.

In fact, I stand in opposition to the whole idea of marriage.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:02 PM
 
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I'm Gay, and stand totally opposed to it! And I have Gay friends who are equally opposed to it.

In fact, I stand in opposition to the whole idea of marriage.
That's nice, but I would say that if you don't like marriage, then don't get married. You don't need to restrict others from doing it just because you don't like it.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:06 PM
 
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I Do not support it.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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If it were suddenly illegal for heterosexuals to marry someone of the opposite sex, I think they'd be a little miffed too.
It's not that simple. For example, the definition of "marriage" would have to be changed first. Also, a majority of Americans view homosexual marriage as out of the norm. Just look at what happened in CA, where most voters are Democrat and also voted For Obama. However, the same voters voted to restrict same sex marriage.

Staging homosexual kisses in front of a church is not going to change the minds of the churchgoers, but make them more upset, which in turn translates to more support for the church.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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Perhaps, they're finally getting around to polling non-mainstream Gay People and asking their opinions. I'm sure the heterosexual crowd automatically concludes that all Gay people are in support of Gay marriage. Wrong!

I'm Gay, and stand totally opposed to it! And I have Gay friends who are equally opposed to it.

In fact, I stand in opposition to the whole idea of marriage.
And you aren't alone. Some even call Michael Savage to tell their side of the story.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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I think this is a simple situation of where people don't like the idea of homosexuality. Hell, I think its weird for two men to be together, but I'm sure they look at me weird for being with a woman.

I think people have a deep misunderstanding of homosexuals, what their lives are like, and who they are as people. Now that people are seeing that there are others out there that feel "weird" about homosexuals, they think its ok to feel that way.

I've always felt that gay marriage is a civil rights issue. The Federal government has no right, none whatsoever to tell someone they can't be married. If they really want to do it right, the government won't marry anyone, just give out civil unions. If you want to get married, go to a church, and there are churches that will marry homosexual partners.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Here and There
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Perhaps, they're finally getting around to polling non-mainstream Gay People and asking their opinions. I'm sure the heterosexual crowd automatically concludes that all Gay people are in support of Gay marriage. Wrong!

I'm Gay, and stand totally opposed to it! And I have Gay friends who are equally opposed to it.

In fact, I stand in opposition to the whole idea of marriage.
That makes absolutely no sense, it would have been like a black slave being pro-slavery? I guess then you are against gays also having equal rights under the law in general (ie: insurance benefits, decision making for "partner", etc.)
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