Quote:The majority of people haven't changed their belief about the issue, true , but you seem to think that means they disapprove. The poll doesn't say that at all. If approval now carries a strong majority, and 67% say they have not changed their view on the issue, then obviously a large part of that 67% have always approved.


Plus, if you look at the polls on page 1, those show that people in general have changed their minds as to whether they approve of the act. The polls in 2007 showed a majority thought homosexuality was immoral, but the polls from 2014 show a strong majority now think homosexuality is NOT immoral. It is now a 20 point majority for homosexuality NOT being immoral.


You seem to think society has decided to tolerate but not approve homosexuality. The poll shows you are wrong about that. Society has decided to both tolerate AND approve homosexuality.

 

 

Wheres the question that they ask about it being moral or immoral? I didn't see that one. 

 

As for the 67% I'm not trying to say they all disapprove, just that they're views on it being moral or immoral are probably constant. Morals IMO are something that people don't change that often, certainly not in a short 7 year period. The change is in what role they think government should play in the decision. The religious people for example don't all the sudden view it as not-sinful, and there is still a pretty big sector of the population that are religious (just about all the religions view homosexuality as a sin).

 

That said MANY of the religious people that view homosexuality as a "sin" still support legislation making it lawful for homosexuals to have the same equal access to marriage as everyone else. That's not changing their mind about it's not sinful or immoral.

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