Lies, damned lies, and...

[ciroccoj]

Reading about California's Proposition 8 (and Arizona's Proposition 102 and Florida's Proposition 2) to define "One Man + One Woman = One & Only Marriage," I came across this tidbit, posted before the election:

The Field Poll released on October 31 indicated that, in the following categories, more people were opposed to Proposition 8 than in support of it: precinct voters, registered Democrats, nonpartisan voters, people who preferred Obama as a presidential choice, coastal inhabitants, people who identified as moderate or liberal, men, women, people under 65, Whites, Latinos, Asians, people who had some post-secondary education, college graduates, Catholics, non-Christians, people not affiliated with a religion, and those personally familiar with gays and lesbians. 73% of pollees who chose Barack Obama as their preferred President were against Proposition 8. Overall, 49% of the pollees were against the proposition, 44% were for it, and 7% were undecided.


Proposition 8 passed because of a hitherto unnoticed powerful voting block of... hermaphrodites?

Comments

[mama-rana.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder about voter irregularities if so many people were against and yet it "passed". :(

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I dunno, though, somehow I'm always far more likely to ascribe things like this to stupidity and ignorance than anything deliberate or underhanded. Except by the organizers of Proposition 8, of course.

[ladystarstruck.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed you noticed that. You really do have a well-developed lawyer's eye now!

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Hee... from your mouth to the Law Society of Upper Canada's ears ;)

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

I think we've reached the point where the Bradley Effect is no longer a factor for racism, but it's still present for homophobia. No one wants to admit they're homophobic when actually pressed in a poll question, but when standing in the privacy of a voting booth...

The race is a marathon. We're making progress in the right direction. We didn't get there this time. WE WILL GET THERE, SOMEDAY.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I think we've reached the point where the Bradley Effect is no longer a factor for racism, but it's still present for homophobia.
Yeah, maybe, eh? Very icky. Sometimes I really don't like people as a species.

The race is a marathon. We're making progress in the right direction. We didn't get there this time. WE WILL GET THERE, SOMEDAY.
Someday. Two steps forward, one bit of a leap back. ::sigh::

[bast2.livejournal.com]

LOL!!

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I really wish there was somebody to contact about it, you know, just to ask "What exactly did you mean by that?", but it was partly from Wikipedia.