Comments on: Supporting Bigotry http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: VoteNOVa http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1642 VoteNOVa Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:56:24 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1642 Don't be so quick to throw in the towel. The Commonwealth Coalition's poll is the first to find amendment proponents below 50% at the start of the campaign season. I hear that another poll (done by Mason Dixon in another state) will also confirm that when voters are given the chance to give their opinion on the question that will actually be on the ballot, support is well below 50%. For more info on The Coalition's poll and comments on the Mason-Dixon poll, see Blogging the Amendment at www.votenova.wordpress.com. Don’t be so quick to throw in the towel. The Commonwealth Coalition’s poll is the first to find amendment proponents below 50% at the start of the campaign season. I hear that another poll (done by Mason Dixon in another state) will also confirm that when voters are given the chance to give their opinion on the question that will actually be on the ballot, support is well below 50%. For more info on The Coalition’s poll and comments on the Mason-Dixon poll, see Blogging the Amendment at http://www.votenova.wordpress.com.

]]> By: James Young http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 James Young Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:34:18 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1641 Well, Doug, if that's your position, you're a few thousand years too late. Well, Doug, if that’s your position, you’re a few thousand years too late.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Doug Mataconis Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:04:50 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1635 James, I do know the difference. Which is exactly why I believe that the state should not be involved at all in defining marriage. James,

I do know the difference.

Which is exactly why I believe that the state should not be involved at all in defining marriage.

]]> By: James Young http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 James Young Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:45:28 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1634 Well, Doug, the issue isn't about "the state ... get[ting] involved in the private relationships of consenting adults," a comment clearly informed by the disingenuous Chicken Little nonsense of the Perversion Lobby. The issue is about the state interfering with an institution pre-existing the state, and about whether the state can, by fiat, affirm the perverse "private relationships of consenting adults." I would expect you to know the difference. Well, Doug, the issue isn’t about “the state … get[ting] involved in the private relationships of consenting adults,” a comment clearly informed by the disingenuous Chicken Little nonsense of the Perversion Lobby. The issue is about the state interfering with an institution pre-existing the state, and about whether the state can, by fiat, affirm the perverse “private relationships of consenting adults.” I would expect you to know the difference.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 Doug Mataconis Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:26:49 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1632 What business is it of the state to get involved in the private relationships of consenting adults ? What business is it of the state to get involved in the private relationships of consenting adults ?

]]> By: CR UVa http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 CR UVa Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:18:40 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1630 Supporting Bigotry? Well, I guess if it was going the other way, I could have a post entitled Supporting Sin. Supporting Bigotry? Well, I guess if it was going the other way, I could have a post entitled Supporting Sin.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 KipEsquire Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:26:21 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/08/01/supporting-bigotry/#comment-1617 I don't have a link for you, but several bloggers have noted that the M-D poll did not read the interviewees the entire text of the amendment, including the "no benefits of any kind under any circumstances" clause. In separate polling, others have found, when that part is explained, people are less supportive of the amendment. All the more reason why outreach is so important. I don’t have a link for you, but several bloggers have noted that the M-D poll did not read the interviewees the entire text of the amendment, including the “no benefits of any kind under any circumstances” clause. In separate polling, others have found, when that part is explained, people are less supportive of the amendment.

All the more reason why outreach is so important.

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