29% of Democratic Voters Say NO to Legal Recognition of Same Gender Marriage

On Monday the New York Times and CBS released a poll that asked Republicans and Democrats their views on many issues. Along with how they approved of President Bush’s handling of his job as President to the national economy and the environment they also asked, ‘Should gay couples be allowed to marry legally, be allowed to form civil unions, or should there be no legal recognition?’

To my amazement 29% of Democratic voters said NO to legal recognition. How can we be 60 days from the November elections and yet we have done such an incomplete job in educating society - or at least the Democratic Party - about the issues concerning equal rights in marriage??

Here at Rainbow Wedding Network we work everyday to provide the largest LGBT wedding resource and over the past 8 years we have seen and heard almost everything in regard to this hot button topic. From having to move our office and home a couple of times to stay one step ahead of the death threats and enduring the pile of hate mail and hate email; to speaking with couples while they tell us about their nightmare of experiencing discrimination when it came time to hire businesses to provide services for their wedding day. All along this journey we would justify the discrimination and threats as coming from the far, far right conservative movement.

But from the poll numbers of 57% of Republican Voters and 29% of Democratic Voters, we still see today that in their opinion we deserve NO recognition! -That is nearly 1 in every 3 Democrats!

Once again I find myself wanting to jump on my soapbox and tell the community to get up off that couch and out of those suburbs and find their voice about this important issue. Have you noticed that gay marriage is not talked about on the Presidential campaign trail? Well, we have not decided that it is important enough for us to demand that our candidate makes a choice to support us as a community and as a minority. Obviously, we are not claiming our own identity as a powerful minority in this country, and that is our own failing... not the failing of those 29% or 57% of other voters out there...

While I could find myself ranting about the LGBT community being complacent I will just simply leave you with the numbers and you can digest them for yourself.

Here is the polling question:

Should gay couples be allowed to marry legally, be allowed to form civil unions, or should there be no legal recognition?

Republican Voters: Marry – 11% Civil Unions – 28% No Recognition – 57%
Democratic Voters: Marry – 49% Civil Unions – 19% No Recognition – 29%

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Cindy Sproul co-owner
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Rainbow Wedding Network Magazine
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