A large majority of South Carolina
Republicans say that marriage equality coming to the state has either
had no impact or a positive impact on their lives.
According to a Public
Policy Polling (PPP) survey of 868 registered South Carolina
voters from February 12-15, 69 percent said that marriage equality –
which came to the state in November – has either had no impact or a
positive impact on their lives. Only 31 percent of respondents said
that their lives were negatively impacted by gay couples marrying.
Fourteen percent of Democrats said that
its legalization had a positive impact on their lives, compared to 5
percent among Republicans.
Sixty-one percent of Republicans said
that marriage equality has either had no impact (56%) or a positive
impact (5%) on their lives.
“This is consistent with what we're
finding even in states that at one time voted overwhelmingly to ban
gay marriage in their constitutions – once it becomes legal few
voters are finding it to be much of a burden on their lives,” PPP's
Tom Jensen said in releasing the results.
Despite the fact this is some positive news, I would really like to know exactly how gay marriages had negatively impacted the 31 percent.
2 comments:
It is pretty clear that the negative impact they feel is the inability to act in the casually discriminatory fashion they used to without fear of being censured. They could also feel that no longer being considered intrinsically superior to LGBT people is a negative impact. And if they see their distaste for us as "God mandated" then surely the new protections for our families and estates is is a negative impact, as it disrupts their world view (where we live miserable lives because God hates us).
They simply didn't get away with their attempt to push theocracy on everyone else. That IS their agenda. B
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