The 2010 edition of the General Social Survey shows for the first time more Americans supporting same-sex marriage (46%) than opposing it (40%). Not that majority rule ought to determine who gets civil rights anyway, but can we finally look forward to an end to all those faux-democratic arguments against same-sex marriage? Can we stop hearing about the myth of "activist judges"?
(h/t to Sherkat)
Better send in the riot squad
22 minutes ago
"Can we stop hearing about the myth of "activist judges"?"
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm afraid not yet. Even with some state legislatures passing same-sex marriage laws, it's not enough to stop the argument of "anywhere the public has had a vote they've voted it down." Only when a couple states have referenda favoring it will we begin to shut those folks up.
What I think is really cool is the growth of the secular population. I'll have a post on that sometime soon as I update stuff for my book. But, no matter how you define it (non-theism, rejecting the divine authority of the Bible, or non-identification), over 20% of Americans are now secular. 23% reject belief in a god, and the same total think the Bible is bunk. We can't be ignored as a radical elite when we outnumber most other interest groups.
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