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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPOLL: Even Republicans Say Marriage Equality Hasn't Affected Them
Despite doom-and-gloom predictions, most Floridians don't mind having the freedom to marry.Marriage equality would "impose significant public harm" in Florida, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed last year. Other public officials joined her in claiming that marriage bans are necessary for responsible procreation, and that allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry would lead to the destruction of Florida families.
But after a few months of marriage equality in the state, residents have somehow evaded their doom. A new survey from Public Policy Polling shows that 81 percent of voters say marriage equality has had either no impact or a positive impact on their lives.
Even among Republicans, 71 percent said marriage equality had either no impact or a positive impact on their lives, with 60 percent of those identifying as "very conservative" saying it's had no impact or is positive. (Of that, only 3 percent of the "very conservatives" say the freedom to marry has been positive.)
As you might expect, of those who consider themselves "very liberal," 88 percent say it's had no impact or is positive. And voters who supported Barack Obama in the last election are far more likely to say that marriage equality has affected them positively 23 percent, compared to only 6 percent of those who supported Mitt Romney. Interestingly, 66 percent of both groups said that marriage equality has had no effect on them.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/03/28/poll-even-republicans-say-marriage-equality-hasnt-affected-the
Who would have thought, republicans wrong once again.
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POLL: Even Republicans Say Marriage Equality Hasn't Affected Them (Original Post)
William769
Mar 2015
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awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)2. If you don't support gay marriage...
then don't get gay married.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)5. they have an AGENDA
WAKE UP!!!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)6. ...
shraby
(21,946 posts)3. I could never figure out how a gay marriage could affect a straight marriage. It simply
does not compute.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)4. I think it HAS affected them
it's making them even loonier, as evidenced by Indiana
Number23
(24,544 posts)7. Has this info been relayed to the red states?
Because you'd think if it had, there would be some serious re-strategizing going on.
Why would they continue to scream and bray about an issue that damn near 3/4 of their own members don't have a problem with?