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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn Fox, Gary Bauer Reverses Public's Support For Gay Marriage
http://mediamatters.org/research/201201100008On Fox, Gary Bauer Reverses Public's Support For Gay Marriage
January 10, 2012 11:12 am ET 29 Comments
During an interview on Fox & Friends, Gary Bauer, president of conservative group American Values, claimed that the "overwhelming majority of the American people think that marriage is between a man and a woman." In fact, multiple polls conducted in 2011 show that a majority of Americans favor legalizing gay marriage.
Bauer Claims "Overwhelming Majority" Of Americans Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
Bauer: "The Overwhelming Majority Of The American People Think That Marriage Is Between A Man And A Woman." On the January 10 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson interviewed American Values President Gary Bauer about his support for GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. After a clip of Santorum being booed during a forum at New England College was aired, Bauer said:
BAUER: I suspect, or at least I've read, that the booing was because -- shock of all shocks -- he thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman. That's what, of course, for several thousand years, marriage has been. The booers aren't offering much to the debate. Look, the overwhelming majority of the American people think that marriage is between a man and a woman. {Fox News, Fox & Friends, 1/10/12}
But Bauer Is Wrong: Polls Show Majority Of Americans Support Gay Marriage
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On Fox, Gary Bauer Reverses Public's Support For Gay Marriage (Original Post)
NNN0LHI
Jan 2012
OP
You know, crazy as it is, Prop 8 managed to pass, in California, maybe he's got a point, seriously.
Saving Hawaii
Jan 2012
#3
Absent any factual knowledge, he's as good as 100% correct to his Fox audience. nt
NorthCarolina
Jan 2012
#6
barbtries
(28,811 posts)1. how many people will ever hear that he is wrong?
and in their little pea brains think "cool, i'm just like practically everyone else, hating on the gays. i'm okay"
assholes.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)2. Whoa. Another right-wing liar
being promoted by Fox. I am shocked.
Saving Hawaii
(441 posts)3. You know, crazy as it is, Prop 8 managed to pass, in California, maybe he's got a point, seriously.
Commas.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)4. A lie on FAUX news channel?
Oh crap, say it ain't so!
Seriously tho, why would you subject yourself to watching that?
catbyte
(34,447 posts)5. Maybe the "overwhelming majhority" of cretins he hangs out with believes that
but not real people.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)7. I didn't know civil rights were subject to referendum anyway
that's one thing no one ever points out to these idiots.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)6. Absent any factual knowledge, he's as good as 100% correct to his Fox audience. nt