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Originally posted by Strange Famous
I would be astounded if 98% of American's did not support Gay marriage. I have never met and do not personally know of anyone who is against it.
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Well, according to the latest Gallup poll, in response to the question "Would you favor or oppose a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages between gay or lesbian couples?"
47% would favor it.
Even more interesting, in a December NY Times poll, 49% of respondents think "homosexual relations between consenting adults" should not be legal.
This is why even most Democrats have come out against gay marriage. This election won't be fought over these divisive and relatively unimportant social issues. Rather, it will be fought over the war and the economy, two areas where the President is very vulnerable.
And of course the President has a chance of winning. It'll be close, just as 2000 was. But it's interesting that we're even discussing whether the President has a chance since the pundits have been saying for months now that the Democrats don't stand a chance. Things change and I wouldn't put it past Rove to suddenly "find" Bin Laden around October. Of course, that might backfire once it gets out that the President has exploited our fears for political gain.