DOMA, the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that has already been proven by federal judges to be unconstitutional, has now been proven to be opposed by almost every major demographic group across America. Men, women, whites, non-whites, people across every age group, every educational group, and geographic group, as well as majorities of Catholics and Protestants all oppose the Defense of Marriage Act.
As we reported last week, in a study released by HRC, conservatives are evenly split in their support for DOMA. 45% of conservatives polled indicated support for the Defense of Marriage Act, and 44% indicated they did not support the law, according to an HRC poll released last week. In addition to the 45-44 split for conservatives, only 21% of liberals favor the Defense of Marriage Act, while 70% of liberals are opposed, and even moderates are heavily against support of DOMA: 27% of moderates support DOMA, and 56% oppose it.
Read: “The Republican Lie About DOMA“
Those opposed include:
- 53% of white voters (33% support)
- 47% of non-white voters (35% support)
- 50% of men (35% support)
- 53% of women (33% support)
- 50% – 53% of every age demographic (31% – 37% support)
- 46% of those with a high school diploma or less (37% support)
- 58% post-high school (29% support)
- 52% of college grads (35% support)
- 46% to 57% majorities or pluralities in every geographic region, including the South.
- 51% of Catholics (37% support)
- 53% of Protestants (35% support)
Additional information released today from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) study shows majorities of both white and non-white, majorities of both men and women, majorities from all educational backgrounds, and a majority of Christian likely voters all support Social Security survivor benefits for legally married same-sex couples.
Additionally, the study states, “Under DOMA, men and women in legal same-sex marriages are subject to undue tax burdens that put them at risk of losing their home if something were to happen to their spouses. 64% of those polled believe ALL married couples should be protected from this harm.”
The study finds majorities of both white and non-white, majorities of both men and women, majorities from all educational backgrounds, majorities in every geographic region, majorities of Christians, and pluralities from every age group of likely voters support protecting spouses from losing their homes in cases of severe medical emergencies or death.
Finally, the study finds “54% of Americans believe that the Republicans in Congress should focus on jobs, not DOMA.”
Read: “The Republicans In The House Want To Defend DOMA? Bring It On!“
(Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner?)
Last week, Democrats in the House and the Senate introduced bills to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
As a side note, the Republican in the House have passed not a single bill that will add one more job to this economy, instead, they have focused on bills that will support DOMA in court, (at a very high financial expense,) and make it harder and harder for women to get the reproductive health services they want, need, and are constitutionally entitled to be able to access.
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So your point is that the majority of same sex enthusiasts support repeal of a law that stands in their way of achieving a special right for everybody that embraces this perversion as their own.
Brawwk! 'Special Rights' Brawwwk!
Show me ANYWHERE in the Constitution where it says that same-sex couples cannot marry. SHOW ME. Prove it…and if you cannot….you are as wrong as a Republican “willfully” giving tax cuts to the poor. PROVE IT HOMOPHOBES. Our Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” YOU AND OTHER HOMOPHOBES can push all your religious crap on others ALL YOU WANT, but in my country, your religious viewpoint IS JUST THAT. Sorry, IT’S NOT THE LAW OF THE LAND. This is America where we have religious freedom.
Homophobes are in the company of the most narrowminded hate-filled and bigoted kind of today. They FAIL to realize that a seperation of church and state prevents them from forcing their views on me. The bigot weirdos on here post villifying posts on here that do NOTHING to substiantiate. Rather, they KNOW that the polls show MORE people support marriage equality EVERY PASSING YEAR. The bigots are upset that marriage equality will be a reality soon. THEY KNOW IT TOO! If you can’t “cope” bigots, hire a therapist. I wish you bigots the best therapy you WILL NEED because you’re OBVIOUSLY so consumed by two peoples’ lives which have NOTHING to do with your damn boring and narrowminded life.
Heterosexual Logic 101: In the 10 Commandments: “Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery.” Heterosexuals don’t care about heterosexual women having abortions, heterosexuals cheating in marriage, marrying NOT for love, heterosexuals having many marriages, & heterosexuals having “sex before marriage,” which according to their religion is wrong. HOMOPHOBIC HETEROSEXUALS: DO YOU ENJOY BEING HYPOCRITES?
Heterosexual Homophobes LOVE to be hypocrites. It’s funny I never see those narrowminded Homophobes passing referendums to prevent heterosexuals from divorcing since Marriage is “sacred.” I never see narrowminded Homophobes from passing laws to prevent sex out of marriage. HEY HOMOPHOBES: You CAN’T legislate your religion or beliefs on others. THIS IS THE USA, YOU IDIOTS. TRY AS YOU MAY, BUT YOU CAN’T FORCE YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ON OTHERS IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY! Go to church and preach ALLLLLLL that you want, THERE !
Homophobes: Go ahead and force your religious crap on others all you want. I’m an American citizen and I have a right to believe any religion or no religion at all in this country. I cherish that right. Perhaps you homophobes would fit in more in the Middle-East where they happily FORCE their citizens to accept their beliefs and religion. Meanwhile, I’ll stay here in America and enjoy my RIGHT to religious freedom. Preach all you want, but you CAN’T force me to believe what you believe. This is America! No matter what you say, you CANNOT force me to believe what you believe. NOT IN MY COUNTRY!
I’m still waiting for one of you to show me in the United States Constitution where it says Blacks and Whites couldn’t marry AND where it says same-sex couples cannot marry. You can’t show me because it doesn’t exist. As such, all of your arguments are worthless, baseless and unfounded.
Polls are showing more and more EVERY YEAR that more people support marriage equality. The laugh is on the homophobes. Life will be oh so very sad for them when marriage equality is the law of the land. I hope they will be able to cope!!! It’s ok. It’s not their fault they don’t understand the United States Constitution.
If you homophobes WANT “forced religion” LEAVE America then. Go to countries which happily force religion on others and persecute their citizens for believing anything different. IT’S MY CHOICE if I want to go to church or not. IT’S MY CHOICE if I want to believe what YOU believe. Religious freedom is a wonderful thing. It’s something we should CHERISH and PROTECT in the USA. If you don’t like it, LEAVE AMERICA and go to a country where they will FORCE you bible-thumpers to believe what THEY want you to believe…then let’s see how you like it!
I agree that’s how a democracy works but the Supreme Court (as you ignored what I wrote) doesn’t BASE their ruling on “popular vote” (referendums). They base it on the United States Constitution. Unless you can show me where in the Constitution it prohibits same sex marriage or interacial marriage…then you’re preaching nonsense. Feel free to leave when Marriage Equality is the law of the land.
72% of Americans were AGAINST interracial marriage in 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled interracial marriage bans were unconstitutional. If they WERE PUT UP TO A VOTE in 1967, there is no doubt Americans would have PREVENTED Whites and Blacks from marrying as well! Sorry but popular vote is NOT the basis of rationale for the United States Supreme Court! It doesn’t work that way!
I’m still waiting for one of you to show me in the United States Constitution where it says Blacks and Whites couldn’t marry AND where it says same-sex couples cannot marry. You can’t show me because it doesn’t exist. As such, all of your arguments are worthless, baseless and unfounded.
Less than ideal? Gee, lady, what planet do you live on? 50% marriage divorce rate among heterosexuals and you don’t want same sex couples to raise a child? Sounds like someone needs to look within her own “heterosexual group” for people to preach to. There are many people who SHOULD NOT BE PARENTS and many of them are straight. Yet, bible thumpers like you would likely be more happy to see a child being raised by an unfit mother and an unfit dad than by a couple who happens to be of the same sex. I’m sure of it, too.
Darren: Hey you buffoon, women aren’t “a race.” The Jewish religion “isn’t a race.” That sure didn’t stop 1,000 years of religious persecution of Jews, and centuries of treating women as second class citizens. You fail.
HIV was invented by the United States government as genocide against African-Americans and non-heterosexuals to get rid of them. Via the Freedom of Information Act all the “document trail” can be traced back to the 1950s regarding all this. NO one can dies of HIV/AIDS…it’s harmless. The medications is what kills them. STDS are spread by straight people too.
Oh, great! Let’s send Ms. Nardi to go preach to every SINGLE MOTHER AND EVERY SINGLE FATHER and tell them to get married because it’s “the way it should be.” Let’s tell all grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, uncles and older brothers and older sisters who are raising children that it needs to be ONLY THE MOM AND DAD RAISING the child.
Sorry, Ms. Nardi, THIS ISN’T A 1951 “Leave it to Beaver” TV SHOW. This is the reality of present day America. Gee, you sure would make a GOOD 1950s TV sitcom Mom though! NOT!! BTW, I was raised my Dad who raised two boys on his own (my Mom left us) and I went on to get a Bacherlor’s degree and Master’s degree…SO DON’T COME PREACHING TO ME LADY!
All the Anti-gay Homophobes: The younger generation will lead the way to marriage equality, MEANWHILE YOUR OLD GENERATION WILL BE D…E…A…D!!! Look at the polls, your position is becoming the MINORITY opinion as the years pass on. EVERY YEAR, more and more people are accepting of marriage equality. When your old generation dies out the YOUNGER GENERATION WILL LEAD THE WAY TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY! THE LAUGH IS >> INDEED << ON YOU HOMOPHOBES!!
HOW MANY HETEROSEXUALS CHEAT IN MARRIAGE? HOW MANY HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN HAVE ABORTIONS? HOW MANY HETEROSEXUALS HAVE SEVERAL MARRIAGES IN THEIR LIFE? HOW MANY HETEROSEXUALS MARRY FOR MONEY OR OPPORTUNITY? …..Sorry Bible Thumpers! Marriage is NOT "sacred" !!!!! IF HETEROSEXUALS can destory, ruin, and pillage the SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE….Why not same sex couples?
Marriage is not sacred you bible-thumping half-wits. HALF (50%) OF ALL MARRIAGES BY HETEROSEXUALS END IN DIVORCE. What's so sacred about that? Also, IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, I don't see "no same sex marriages allowed" but I DO SEE "THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY." IF HETEROSEXUALS can destory, ruin, and pillage the SANCITITY OF STRAIGHT MARRIAGE….Why not non-heterosexuals?
RELIGION HAS NO BASIS OR FOUNDATION FOR DENYING A GROUP THEIR RIGHTS. WE ARE A COUNTRY FOUNDED ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!!! Any bible thumpers who say differently, are stupid, uneducated, and continue their hatred and homophobia inside their hearts. They will live a sad life of exclusion when they fail to see LOVE KNOWS NO GENDER. LOVE IS LOVE NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHO YOU LOVE!
DANIEL HERNANDEZ, THE GAY LATINO INTERN WHO SAVED GABBY GIFFORDS LIFE is a man of exemplary character! What a shame Republicans/conservatives overwhelmingly don't want him to be able to one day marry the man that he wants, and to have protections against being discriminated in the workplace. Republicans: you only want to take our country backwards. We; however, want to move forward to full marriage equality rights for everyone! Bravo to Daniel Hernandez and not because he's gay, not because he's Latino, but because he is a MAN OF FINE CHARACTER!
TO HOMOPHOBIC AFRICAN AMERICANS who are NOT citizens of my country and who have "ethnic" foreign names: Stay away from the USA. And if you're already here…America doesn't need intolerant homophobic foreign nationals like you in my country…. PEOPLE like YOU are the reason why people don't like illegal aliens like you who enter our country and then get arrogant and think you are BETTER or OVER Gay/bisexual Americans who fight for MY FREEDOM in the military. Hell no! You foreign nationals from Africa brought over your DISGUSTING HOMOPHOBIA, HATRED AND CLOSEMINDED BELIEFS which were perpetuated by YOUR African government. THIS IS AMERICA. Go back to Africa where your leaders "happily" sentence non-heterosexuals to DEATH in that country.
TO THE RELIGIOUS HOMOPHOBIC WACKOS: Go move to the country of Jehovah/God/Jesus (whatever you want to call your creator). This is America where we have the FREEDOM to practice religion OR not. For the record, I believe in God; we are a country founded on RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to live our lives and to worship WHO WE PLEASE or to NOT worship at all! You religious wackos need to study what it means to have RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. That's what makes America great! Stop pushing your religion and crap on others! LOOK UP: SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE! Onward to Marriage Equality rights for ALL!
For hundreds of years, religious elites and common people have used their own religious interpretation (and passed down interpretation) to oppress based on gender, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We have come to know of the atrocities that were all tied to religion such as the Holocaust, African-American enslavement, and the persecution of Jews.
In his book, “Holy Horrors: An Illustrated History of Religious Murder and Madness,” James A. Haught chronicles a thousand years of religious hate ranging from the witch hunts, to the numerous crusades, to the Holy Inquisition, to the religious anti-Semitic influence that later fueled the Holocaust.
Haught says, “Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of the coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.”
Furthermore, theologian Richard Rubenstein wrote that the Nazis “did not invent a new villain…they took over the 2,000-year-old Christian tradition of the Jew as a villain. The roots of the death camps must be sought in the mythic structure of Christianity.”
Throughout history numerous religious leaders and common people have pointed to specific passages in the Bible that have been used to validate slavery. One insightful book, “Noah’s Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery,” by Stephen R. Haynes, further shows how just “one” biblical passage fueled anti-African-American sentiment over the course of hundreds of years.
The biblical passage, “A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren,” reads Noah’s curse on Ham. Ham is later identified as the ancestor of black Africans, and this particular biblical passage is just one that has been used historically to justify African-American slavery. Also many Christian clergymen throughout history were pro-slavery.
Historian Larry Hise says in his book, “Pro Slavery,” that ministers “wrote almost half of all defenses of slavery published in America.” He also lists more than 250 religious men who used the BIBLE TO PROVE WHITE PEOPLE WERE ENTITLED TO OWN BLACK PEOPLE!
Similarly, Hitler and other anti-Semitic leaders throughout history have used biblical passages to validate the persecution of Jews. Here is just one passage that fueled anti-Semitism: “You suffered from your own countrymen the same things those churches suffered from the Jews, who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. >>>>
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<<<< but I hasten to remind them Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’ ” I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother-and-sisterhood for lesbian (bisexual) and gay people.”
Clearly, religion has also been used against women throughout history. One such biblical passage has been used to prohibit women from being ministers: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak.” (I Corinthians I 4:34). This helped fuel misogynistic beliefs at the time, viewing women as merely second-class citizens.
Yes, it is true more people have died in the name of God throughout our history than any other way. So it behooves us today to not forget our history, for we may be doomed to repeat it. As we have seen through hundreds of years, indeed it has been repeated. I do believe in God very much and always will; there is a higher Creator, and I believe that our higher Creator would want us to most definitely learn from our horrid history, so that we will never repeat it again. ONWARD TO FULL SAME SEX MARRIAGE EQUALITY RIGHTS!
I wonder how many Somalians will leave Minneapolis/ St Paul if this kind of law passes.
You people have too much time on your hands. There's no point in trying to argue with right-wing nuts. They've already made up their minds: gay means perversion to them and that's the end of discussion. They're not interested in anything you have to say. In their heads the douchebags are right.
The only thing we should (and can) do is to get out and vote on election days in order to ensure that they are out of power and stay irrelevant.
Mmm, looks like there's a mistake in your charts, the text in the article seems right but the keys for the blue and yellow boxes of "support" and "oppose" seem to be flipped. They're opposite of what the article says.
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