Poll: 50 percent say they'd support openly gay U.S. president

[kpete]

Source: The Hill


Poll: 50 percent say they'd support openly gay U.S. president
By Michael O'Brien - 03/29/10 11:09 AM ET

Half of the country said they could support an openly gay president of the United States, a new poll found Monday.

Fifty percent of respondents to the latest "60 Minutes"/Vanity Fair poll said they would support an openly gay person to serve as president. Forty-four percent said they were opposed.

The question was posed in connection to the military's plans to do away with the "Don't ask, don't tell policy," which currently prohibits gay and lesbian members from serving openly in the military.

The poll tested people's comfort with an openly gay president against two other political positions: Supreme Court justice and secretary of State.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/89607-50-percent-say-theyd-support-an-openly-gay-president

[pnwmom]

1. And yet they don't support gay marriage? I don't get it. n/t

[struggle4progress]

29. Poll results on this are very sensitive to exact wording, and the wingnuts

have encouraged some significant confusion

It's clear by now most people would support civil unions

Why not "gay marriage"? .... because a fair number of uninformed people have been convinced that "allowing gay marriage" means "the government will force your church to marry gays."

[YOY]

2. As long as (s)he wasn't married to a person of the same sex.

n.t.

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. You took the words right out of my mouth!

The bigotry is still palpable.

[MindandSoul]

3. Gay or straight . . .doesn't matter if the person is qualified and has a social conscience

[Chipper Chat]

4. But what about "USA Unit cohesion?"

If a gay were elected president the country might experience the rise of militia groups, inner-city murders, drug violence, and extreme poverty. TV might turn to such nelly programs as ballroom dancing and cooking shows.
Oh, wait.

[XemaSab]

27. Not to mention home decoration!

:scared:

[Brickbat]

5. Unless s/he was a Republican. Then I wouldn't.

[demosincebirth]

12. You took the word right out of my mouth!

[nyc 4 Biden]

7. I could not rec this fast enough. n/t

[jtrockville]

8. I wouldn't support or oppose someone based on this.

[AlbertCat]

9. Did you read the whole thing? And the comments?

Yikes!

This is STOOOOPID. They'd also support a gay quarterback! :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: But not gay Sec of State.


And now....what if the Prez was....(cue YouTube of that "danger prairie dog") ATHEIST!!!!!


Of course statistically, we've already HAD a gay president. Probably an atheist too. Though neither admitted it.


This is dumb.

[Heywood J]

10. The other fifty percent would be throwing bricks through his windows,

cutting his gas lines, and making threatening phone calls, or worse.

[fascisthunter]

11. if you thought Obama was hated by the reicht wing.... wait till we have a gay president

I imagine the sound of popcorn as heads exploding off in the distance.

[tomhayes]

13. Many of these people are LIARS

Because the numbers flip when you put it on a ballot

[mercuryblues]

14. Who did Jeff Gannon visit in the WH?

How many of that 44% supported the closeted one for 8 years?

[bamacrat]

15. And the other 50% would try to kill them. n/t

[chollybocker]

16. But then they'd have to build seperate showers at the Capitol gym!

Where is the OUTRAGE?!

[tanyev]

17. But only if Orly Taitz had been present to film his or her birth.

[Behind the Aegis]

18. As long as s/he is single, I am sure.

[flvegan]

19. Oh, the sound of the exploding heads of the right!

A gay president, hugging his/her partner after being sworn in. That would just end them.

[SocialistLez]

20. Wow

I would love to see the age break down.
People in my age group (18-24) are a lot more accepting of gay people.

As a lesbian, this is a surprising poll.

[DavidDvorkin]

21. Surprised, pleased, and hope it's true. An atheist president, on the other

hand, would get very different results in this poll.

[Exultant Democracy]

22. Athiest is the new gay, brown is the new black. And so the worm turns.

[Lagomorph]

23. I wouldn't vote for a gay president on that issue alone...

... but if he/she has the guts, brains and charisma to be president, I'd vote for them.

[Politicub]

24. Though slowly, our county may be changing for the better

Marriage equality NOW!

[Odin2005]

25. Holy shit!

:wow:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

26. I wonder what the result would be for "atheist" instead. -nt

[snooper2]

28. Around 22% probably....

I was just going to ask the same question :)

[No Elephants]

30. If only this 50% would show up at the voting booth when the issue is on the ballot!

I'm inclined to agree with the poster upthread who said the respondents were lying.

According to polls, almost no one would vote against a minority simply bc off minority status, either. Ditto, a woman. Yet, we know neither of those things are true. So, what people say to pollsters and what they do in the voting booth (if they vote at all) is not necessarily the same thing.

[VaYallaDawg]

31. Makes perfect sense to me.

I think your observation is probably 100% on target.