We Should Be Talking About This!
The link below is to a blog by Deanna talking about a Des Moines Register poll and story. The whole story is an excellent read and worth time, but there is one point that isn’t being talked about enough:
The overwhelming majority of Iowans — 92 percent — say gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives.
This is a critically important point that isn’t getting enough consideration. A few points I want to make about it:
- Every state where Same-sex marriage now exists, has potential data to be collected about how the addition of same-sex marriage has impacted their lives. Why isn’t anyone really collecting that data and talking about it?
- Of the remaining 8% in Iowa, how many of these were gay and lesbians? Are any heterosexuals counted in that 8%? If so, what has been the change to their lives?
The radical anti-gay conservatives use fear mongering and all sorts of accusations about how Marriage Equality (or any GLBTW rights for that matter) will cause all sorts of catastrophic change, when this has never happened, and won’t. The best way to counter this fear mongering is with real information about real peoples’ lives.
Iowa Poll on Same-Sex Marriage Disconnect « Deanna’s Ramblings.
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