Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Poll: 92% Say It Hasn't Impacted Their Lives

[romantico]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 2:05pm

...yet it's illegal in most states.

One of the most commong arguments against marriage equality is that the legalization of gay marriage threatens the institution of traditional marriage. But a recent poll conducted by Des Moines Register finds that 92% of Iowans believe that "gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives." The study comes just months after the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision to overturn a 10-year-old ban on same-sex marriage.

The poll finds that Iowans are evenly split in their attitudes toward same-sex marriage

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090921/NEWS10/909210321/1001/NEWS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/poll-92-of-iowans-believe_n_293539.html

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 2:06pm

But, it's going to take Iowa much longer to fall off into the ocean, what with it being right in the middle of the country and all.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 3:16pm

I would LOVE to know exactly how the 8%'s marriages have been affected.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 3:18pm

Maybe that 8% is the gay population who are finally able to marry the ones they love.

[D2]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 3:22pm

Nope. That 8% are the women who've married gay men, who are now coming out of the closet in droves.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 3:25pm

It has to be one of those two because I still can not come up with, nor can any of the people against gay marriage, one single way it legitimately affects anyone else's lives.

[binau]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 4:25pm

8% of people are the ones with increased profits/more business.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/22/09 at 10:29am

When will people see that denying gay people the right to marry isn't going to make them go away or 'turn straight'? It just doesn't work that way.

I have two older gay friends who have been together thirty some-odd years and only just got married last year in California, right before Prop 8. The only remotely noticeable difference is that they now wear rings on their left hands. I fail to see how that threatens any straight couple's marriage.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/22/09 at 11:34am

those 8% are on the downlow.