Do the American people want to see “marriages” between same-sex couples recognized by law?
No–and in the wake of the June 2003 court decisions to legalize such “marriages” in the Canadian province of Ontario and to legalize homosexual sodomy in the United States, the nation’s opposition to such a radical social experiment has actually grown. Five separate national opinion polls taken between June 24 and July 27, 2003 showed opponents of civil “marriage” for same-sex couples outnumbering supporters by not less than fifteen percentage points in every poll. The wording of poll questions can make a significant difference, and in this case, the poll with the most straightforward language (a Harris/CNN/Time poll asking “Do you think marriages between homosexual men or homosexual women should be recognized as legal by the law?”) resulted in the strongest opposition, with 60 percent saying “No” and only 33 percent saying “Yes.” Even where pollsters drop the word “marriage” itself and use one of the euphemisms to describe a counterfeit institution parallel to marriage, we see a decl
Related Questions
- If Massachusetts (or any other state) passes a law saying that same-sex couples can marry, do all other 49 states have to give full faith and credit to that law?
- Under current law, are legal marriages between same-sex couples married in Canada, Massachusetts, Connecticut recognized in Vermont?
- Will the United States recognise the marriages of same-sex couples performed in Canada?
