God, I love this.
Conservative groups, especially religious groups, make promises ("We'll send the results to capitol hill"), then break them ("Oh shit, 68% of people support either Gay Marriage or Civil unions! Under the rug, under the rug!"). Isn't it a sin to lie?
If it wasn't so bigoted and sad, it would be hysterically funny. And, natch', they blame the Homosexual activist groups. Hey, I voted Marriage including the use of the word, and I don't belong to any Homosexual activist group. Hell I got the link HERE! The most heterosexual place a guy can visit on the whole goddamned internet!
At any rate, here's the story...
Conservative Group Quietly Drops Plans for Same-Sex Marriage Poll
by Christopher Curtis
SUMMARY: The conservative American Family Association will not take the results of its marriage poll to Capitol Hill after a majority of respondents favored same-sex marriage.
The conservative American Family Association (AFA) said it will not take the results of its marriage poll to Capitol Hill after a majority of respondents favored same-sex marriage, according to a Thursday report in Wired News.
The AFA posted the poll online in December with a stated intention to forward the results to Congress as evidence of U.S. opposition to same-sex marriage. Respondents could select one of these three choices:
" I favor legalization of homosexual marriage."
"I favor a 'civil union' with the full benefits of marriage except for the name."
"I oppose legalization of homosexual marriage and 'civil unions.'"
But as of press time, the numbers support same-sex unions: Sixty percent favored same-sex marriage and 8 percent favored civil unions, leaving just 32 percent opposed.
AFA representative Buddy Smith complained to Wired News: "It just so happens that homosexual activist groups around the country got a hold of the poll -- it was forwarded to them -- and they decided to have a little fun, and turn their organizations around the country (on to) the poll to try to cause it to represent something other than what we wanted it to. And so far, they succeeded with that."
Matt Foreman, the Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce was dumbfounded. "The abject hypocrisy of these people never ceases to amaze me," he exclaimed.
"They constantly manipulate facts, and when things don't work out as they want, they run to mama and whine."
On Jan. 6, the Gay.com/PlanetOut.com Network discussed the AFA poll with expert Bob Witeck, who said that since it was not a scientific survey, its results could not be considered meaningful data. According to Witeck, legitimate polls show support for gay marriage somewhere between 40 to 50 percent -- and growing.
Copyright 2004 gay.com/planetout.com
Here's a link to the actual page...
Here's what gets me, they insist that God gave Humankind free will. The will to fuck up and choose things that are against what the bible says (or at least their interpretation of it). Then we have all these whacko's who say they follow the bible who take the exact opposite position! "No, you can't choose that", they say. How is it that someone can 'take up the cross and follow' and yet fundamentally dissagree with their own GOD?!?!?!?!
It's all very confusing.



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I am personally delighted that the gay marriage poll took a turn that the AFA wasn't expecting. I'm all for gay marriage. The main reason gay marriage is banned is for religious reasons and in a country that is supposed to separate church and state, I feel that banning gay marriage is unconstitutional as well as discriminatory. There was a time when blacks weren't allowed to get married either. NO ONE in this country should be stopped from getting married as long as both are consenting adults. Marriage is a union of love between two people and saying that one man's love for another is not valid and can not be celebrated in the same way that a male/female love is celebrated is WRONG.

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