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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
They have no argument. They are hypocrites when they criticize the socially conservative nature of someone like Rick Santorum or Rush Limbaugh. If they weren't hypocrites, they would be criticizing the vast numbers of African-Americans who hold these principles as well.
In fact, they should be calling this core group of Obama supporters and Democratic party supporters dumbasses with low IQs...just like they tagged GOP conservatives...
If they had any balls, that's what they'd do...but they don't dare...
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Here's a another opinion poll:
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Gregory B. Lewis of the Andrew Young School of Public Policy Studies at Georgia State University examined data from 31 public opinion polls conducted from 1973 and 2000, which involved nearly 7,000 blacks and 43,000 whites. In 2003, his analysis was published in
Public Opinion Quarterly.
Lewis concluded, “Despite their greater disapproval of homosexuality, African-American opinion on gay civil liberties and employment discrimination are quite similar to whites’ opinions, and African Americans are more likely to support laws prohibiting anti-gay discrimination.”
link:
http://www.thedefendersonline.com/20...homosexuality/
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So if black people are more likely to support laws like civil unions, how does that compare with social conservatives on the issue. Hmmm....
Example 1:
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But social conservatives at Faith and Freedom had a different view. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R), and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell (R) all said they would not personally vote for a candidate who supported civil unions and said that such a candidate would have trouble winning the GOP nomination.
“I’ve got to be frank with you, I don’t think someone who supports non-traditional marriage is going to be a front-runner with conservatives,” Kleefisch, who once likened gay marriage to
allowing humans to marry clocks, said in an interview with ThinkProgress. When asked if he thought Republican primary voters would choose a candidate who supported civil unions, Westmoreland answered, “Probably not.”
Recent polling has shown, for the first time, that a
majority of Americans support full marriage equality, a policy that falls even to the left of Huntsman’s moderate stance. Independents now support marriage equality in higher numbers than ever before, but Republican opposition has held steady, suggesting that Huntsman’s support for civil unions could indeed hurt him among more conservative primary voters.
link:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...ons/?mobile=nc
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Think Progress is probably too liberal a source for some here so let's go to this source for
Example 2:
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Huntsman’s civil-union stance may prove political liability
By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune
.....Huntsman drew national attention in 2009 with his public support for civil unions and other rights for same-sex couples — a sharp break from the Republican orthodoxy, especially in conservative Utah.
Now, as the former governor moves closer to a bid for the presidency, his civil-unions stance poses a unique challenge and potential liability in the Republican primary landscape.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politic...ernor.html.csp
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At any rate, just so nobody misses my point, social conservatives don't want civil unions let alone gay marriage. Here's another poll taken last November in North Carolina:
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Cross-tabulations of Elon poll data based on race reveal that a strong majority of African-American North Carolinians support either full marriage rights or civil unions for same-gender couples.
- 69.2% of African-American North Carolinians surveyed support full marriage rights (38.3) or civil unions (30.9) for same-gender couples;
- 64% of White North Carolinians surveyed support full marriage rights or civil unions for same-gender couples; and
- 60.6% of "Other" racially-identified North Carolinians surveyed support full marriage rights or civil unions for same-gender couples.
This data also shows a strong majority of African-American North Carolinians polled oppose or strongly oppose an amendment banning same-gender marriage.
- 66.3% of African-American North Carolinians oppose or strongly oppose an amendment banning same-gender marriage;
- 57.6% of White North Carolinians oppose or strongly oppose an amendment banning same-gender marriage; and
- 56.9% of "Other" racially-identified North Carolinians oppose or strongly oppose an amendment banning same-gender marriage.
link:
http://equalitync.org/news1/polls-reveal
