reefraff
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Originally Posted by Jmick
http:///forum/post/2612678
It is apples to apples when you compare that the majority of America wanted to keep the ban on interracial marriage and that the courts went against the will of the people to make it legal because that was the right thing to do.
In 1948, when California’s Supreme Court became the first state to strike down a ban on interracial marriage, nine out of 10 Americans opposed such unions. Ten years later, the first Gallup poll conducted on the subject of interracial marriage found that 94 percent of whites opposed it, with only 4 percent in favor.
In 1965, at the crest of the civil rights movement, another Gallup poll found that 72 per cent of Southern whites and 42 per cent of Northern whites still wanted to ban interracial marriage. When the US Supreme Court issued its 1967 decision against laws banning interracial marriage, more than 57 percent of Americans still did not approve of interracial marriage.
I'd actually be curious to see a poll of people 30 years old and younger to see what percentage of them would like to see the ban on same --- marriage overturned. I'd bet it'd be the majority; even if you included the south.
This thread has become borderline ridiculous, which isn't that surprising. People have no real reasons why these people should not be able to marry so they make outlandish comparisons and what if's. It'd be easier if they'd just tell the truth and admit that the lifestyle gays and lesbians lead disgusts them or it threatens them or confuses them. It just goes to show that hate and discrimination is still alive and rampant in the US.
The constituion grants people of all races the same rights so the interacial marriage ban was unconstitutional as a fact of law. The US Supreme Court has so far declined to overturn any of the states constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, therefore no constitutional basis exist to support the notion that gays have the right to marry.
http:///forum/post/2612678
It is apples to apples when you compare that the majority of America wanted to keep the ban on interracial marriage and that the courts went against the will of the people to make it legal because that was the right thing to do.
In 1948, when California’s Supreme Court became the first state to strike down a ban on interracial marriage, nine out of 10 Americans opposed such unions. Ten years later, the first Gallup poll conducted on the subject of interracial marriage found that 94 percent of whites opposed it, with only 4 percent in favor.
In 1965, at the crest of the civil rights movement, another Gallup poll found that 72 per cent of Southern whites and 42 per cent of Northern whites still wanted to ban interracial marriage. When the US Supreme Court issued its 1967 decision against laws banning interracial marriage, more than 57 percent of Americans still did not approve of interracial marriage.
I'd actually be curious to see a poll of people 30 years old and younger to see what percentage of them would like to see the ban on same --- marriage overturned. I'd bet it'd be the majority; even if you included the south.
This thread has become borderline ridiculous, which isn't that surprising. People have no real reasons why these people should not be able to marry so they make outlandish comparisons and what if's. It'd be easier if they'd just tell the truth and admit that the lifestyle gays and lesbians lead disgusts them or it threatens them or confuses them. It just goes to show that hate and discrimination is still alive and rampant in the US.
The constituion grants people of all races the same rights so the interacial marriage ban was unconstitutional as a fact of law. The US Supreme Court has so far declined to overturn any of the states constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, therefore no constitutional basis exist to support the notion that gays have the right to marry.
