Support for same-sex marriage may be overstated

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Over the past year, defenders of traditional marriage have suffered a series of setbacks.  In August 2010, a federal judge struck down California’s definition of marriage amendment as had happened in a handful of other states.  Just before Christmas, Congress voted to repeal the “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” policy and allow gays to serve openly in the military.  In February 2011, Attorney General Holder announced that the Obama Administration would not defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act against challenges in federal court.  King and Spalding, the Atlanta law firm selected by Congress to defend the law, withdrew from the case in April under pressure from gay rights activist groups.

 

The trend led Jim Daly, the head of Focus on the Family, to tell “World Magazine” in early June that “We’re losing on that one [gay marriage], especially among the 20- and 30-somethings….”  Daly went on to say, “We’ve probably lost that. I don’t want to be extremist here, but I think we need to start calculating where we are in the culture.”

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