A new Gallup survey reports that 53% of respondents felt that same-sex marriages should be legally valid. This is a major shift from previous surveys.
...............Should be valid ...............Should not be valid
2011 ..................53%....................................45%
2010 .................44%....................................53%
2009..................40%....................................57%
The shift in opinion appears to be driven by a shift in opinion among those who identify themselves politically as Democrats or Independents.
Read the Gallup report by clicking here.
Showing posts with label Gay Marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gay Marriage. Show all posts
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Monday, June 15, 2009
The (Mormon) Church and Gay Marriage
Time Magazine has published an article online entitled "The Church and Gay Marriage: Are Mormons Misunderstood?" Although already available online, the article is dated Monday, June 22, 2009.
The article describes the involvement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the California Proposition 8 campaign in some detail, including the theological underpinnings for its opposition to same-sex marriage.
In commenting on this article, a posting on Examiner.com's Salt Lake City page agrees that religions should be allowed to "fight for what they view as right". However, the article immediately goes on to quote a talk by Mark E. Peterson given at BYU in 1954 in which he warns against the "Negro" desiring not only equal rights but "absorption with the white race" through intermarriage.
The Examiner article concludes by stating that just as the "morality", as defined by the Church in 1954, opposed civil rights, the Church's "morality" opposes civil rights today. "The arguments haven't changed, only the target of discrimination."
To access the Time Magazine article, click here.
To access the Examiner.com article, click here.
The article describes the involvement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the California Proposition 8 campaign in some detail, including the theological underpinnings for its opposition to same-sex marriage.
In commenting on this article, a posting on Examiner.com's Salt Lake City page agrees that religions should be allowed to "fight for what they view as right". However, the article immediately goes on to quote a talk by Mark E. Peterson given at BYU in 1954 in which he warns against the "Negro" desiring not only equal rights but "absorption with the white race" through intermarriage.
The Examiner article concludes by stating that just as the "morality", as defined by the Church in 1954, opposed civil rights, the Church's "morality" opposes civil rights today. "The arguments haven't changed, only the target of discrimination."
To access the Time Magazine article, click here.
To access the Examiner.com article, click here.
Monday, May 25, 2009
The Selling of Homosexuality
The din subsequent to the California Supreme Court decision on Proposition 8 to be issued May 26th at 10:00 a.m. may cause attention to focus on the protests, the protesters, their cause etc. and by doing so, two critical points may become lost: first, the legal decision itself, and second, and perhaps more important, how the protest or celebrations themselves fit into the broader plan of selling homosexuality to America.
Read about how a plan written in 1990 for selling Homosexuality to
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Official - California Supreme Court WILL Issue an Opinion on Proposition 8 on Tuesday
The California Supreme Court website has posted the following information:
The California Supreme Court has announced that it will issue an opinion in three cases challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (Strauss v. Horton, S168047; Tyler v. State of California, S168066; City and County of San Francisco v. Horton, S168078.) Tuesday at 10 a.m., the opinion will be available on the California Courts Web site at this link: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/.
California Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage Expected Soon
Several news sources are reporting that the California Supreme Court Decision on proposition 8 and the future of Gay Marriage in California is imminent. Some had speculated that the decision would be handed down yesterday, but are now expecting the decision on Tuesday.
Some groups favoring Gay Marriage are anticipating that proposition 8 will be upheld, meaning that marriages prior to its passage will be held as legal, but no additional same-sex marriage will be allowed. These groups are planning accordingly. One of the more interesting approaches is being taken by the group Equality California. They have started a campaign entitled "Win Marriage Back". Their campaign plans to feature a concerted grass roots effort, along with what they describe as "powerful" TV commercials.
Links:
Equality California - Win Marriage Back
Day of Decision.com
San Francisco Bay Times - Here Comes Da Justice! California to Rule Soon
SF City Hall Examiner - Prop 8 Ruling Will Come Out Soon! It's Prediction Time!
Some groups favoring Gay Marriage are anticipating that proposition 8 will be upheld, meaning that marriages prior to its passage will be held as legal, but no additional same-sex marriage will be allowed. These groups are planning accordingly. One of the more interesting approaches is being taken by the group Equality California. They have started a campaign entitled "Win Marriage Back". Their campaign plans to feature a concerted grass roots effort, along with what they describe as "powerful" TV commercials.
Links:
Equality California - Win Marriage Back
Day of Decision.com
San Francisco Bay Times - Here Comes Da Justice! California to Rule Soon
SF City Hall Examiner - Prop 8 Ruling Will Come Out Soon! It's Prediction Time!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Christian High School Student Threatened with Suspension for Attending a non-Christian Prom
An ABC news report which relates the story of four teens who were denied permission to attend proms, tells of a young man attending a Christian High School who was informed that if attended prom at the non-Christian high school of his girlfriend, he would be suspended and not allowed to graduate with his class.
According to the article, his school does not permit "dancing, listening to rock music and holding hands and kissing".
A comment to the article read, "I am so glad I dropped the entire Christian religion thing. Intolerance and threats may not be the foundation to that religion, but it is certainly what is practiced in its organized sense."
Although the intent of the article appears to be to relate how school officials are at times heavy handed in denying students access to proms, in the current atmosphere of the battle over gay rights, the story of the young man attend the Christian high school may also be seen as demonstrating another case of Christians intolerance.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7542835&page=1
According to the article, his school does not permit "dancing, listening to rock music and holding hands and kissing".
A comment to the article read, "I am so glad I dropped the entire Christian religion thing. Intolerance and threats may not be the foundation to that religion, but it is certainly what is practiced in its organized sense."
Although the intent of the article appears to be to relate how school officials are at times heavy handed in denying students access to proms, in the current atmosphere of the battle over gay rights, the story of the young man attend the Christian high school may also be seen as demonstrating another case of Christians intolerance.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7542835&page=1
Friday, May 8, 2009
Same-Sex Marriage Momentum?
CNN has a video discussion posted on its site regarding same-sex marriage.
The points made in the discussion, both for and against same-sex marriage, are worth noting.
This is discussion is somewhat typical of the type of discussions that are taking place outside of Church circles.
The points made in the discussion, both for and against same-sex marriage, are worth noting.
This is discussion is somewhat typical of the type of discussions that are taking place outside of Church circles.
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