Comments on: New poll claims New Yorkers oppose same-sex marriage, but is it true?

By: JayK

JayK — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:11:35 +0000

Wow, Victoria! That’s disgusting. I’ve been wondering what the procedure was since the post days ago on Libby’s blog. Thanks for sharing that!

By: Victoria Roth

Victoria Roth — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:16:51 +0000

Oh! Oh! You guys!
I’m visiting my grandmother, and she tells me that NOM has been calling her repeatedly for this supposed survey, much to her irritation.
Just now, I answered the phone and lo and behold, it was Auto-Brian Brown.
I answered “yes” to the “between a man and a woman” question just to see what would happen.
Well surprise, surprise, they don’t follow the line of questions that they published with their “study” at all.
ABB then says something like “THANK YOU! For standing up for traditional marriage! as you know… blah blah blah… something about traditional marriage being threatened… Would you be willing to contact your New York State senator to urge them to vote no on the Same-Sex Marriage legislation?”
No.
“Would you be willing to to further support traditional marriage in the form of a monetary contribution to National Organization for Marriage.”
NO.
“Thank you for your time, for more information, visit blah blah blah, NOM’s website…”

As if it wasn’t transparent enough how illegitimate this study was… at the heart of it, it’s just NOM’s way of harassing and scaring (mostly elderly) people into giving them more money. How desperate.

And THIS is the poll that Sen. Diaz and Michael Long are using to justify voting down the measure, in disdain for all other legitimate polls that say otherwise. Foolish.

By: JayK

JayK — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:49:32 +0000

@Jakester, So we should work harder on our skiing industry instead? Either way, it does not make economic sense to encourage any money to leave our state. In the end, the economic arguments are just icing on the cake. Civil rights, equality, family values and freedom of religion are much more pertinent issues supporting same-sex marriage.

By: Tony Barbaro

Tony Barbaro — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:45:53 +0000

Put away your torches and pitchforks guys..just trying to lighten the mood….

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:05:51 +0000

@ #19, Tony, your dead on accurate with that one.

By: jakester

jakester — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:32:13 +0000

JayK, I think more money is spent in Vermont shopping in Manchester or skiing at Jay, Bromley, Stowe, Killington, etc, than at homosexual receptions…

By: Dennis Engstrom

Dennis Engstrom — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:05:15 +0000

I’ve received three robocalls this week from these people.
They claim they’re conducting a poll, but when I say “no” i
in response to their loaded question, they end the call
without asking me my age or trying to get any other
information. By the way, I’m 77 and have no problem
with same-sex couples getting married.

By: george

george — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:00:37 +0000

@Tony Barbaro

Traditions are not inherently “right”.

Up until 1865, people in the South could have made arguments that, well, hey, slavery had been going on for thousands of years, so therefore there’s nothing wrong with it.

By: JayK

JayK — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:21:09 +0000

@Tony Barbaro, #22, as a New Yorker, I take offense to your argument against the economic prosperity of our state. When weddings go to Vermont, the money spent on those weddings goes to Vermont as well. And this is coming from a former Vermonter.

By: Tony Barbaro

Tony Barbaro — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:41:19 +0000

Ok Pat,
FIRST COMES LOVE…THEN YOU ADOPT A CHILD, THEN YOU RUN OVER TO VERMONT AND GET MARRIED…OR MAYBE ny, DEPENDING ON HOW THE POWERS THAT BE DECIDE ON YOUR RIGHTS…
Doesn’t flow as well… ;)