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November 11, 2004

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Tom Armstrong

T.,

It seems that the Gay marriage issue is more subtle to the electorate than it seems on November 3.

You talk about DC, but there is this, too, from Oregon, per the Nov 14 David Broder column:

Tim Hibbitts, an independent pollster in Portland, Ore., has done some exit poll calculations that make an interesting point. Gay marriage was an energizing issue in states such as his, where it was on the ballot as a voter initiative. Bush lost Oregon, even though the measure banning gay marriage passed.

In the national exit polls, Hibbitts found that 12 percent of Bush's voters actually favored permitting gay marriages; 38 percent favored civil unions but not gay marriages. That leaves 50 percent of the Bush voters who said no legal recognition should be given to same-sex couples. Kerry voters went the other way, with less than a quarter taking a no-recognition stance. But on both sides, Hibbitts points out, opinion is nuanced, not monolithic. You can see why Congress is wary of a constitutional amendment on this issue.

So while there is inhumanity in the Blues, there is humanity in the Reds as well. Who'd a thunk it.

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