Print Obama and Mt Romney won roughly an equal number of vot among straight voters, but the print rried the gay vote three to one.
Contents:
- REPUBLINS SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE WRE SUPREME COURT AMIC BRIEF
- GAY VOTE PROVED A BOON FOR OBAMA
- IS HOGAN GIDLEY GAY OR STRAIGHT?
REPUBLINS SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE WRE SUPREME COURT AMIC BRIEF
The issue of same sex marriage is dividg the Republin Party as a group of more than 80 proment members of the GOP rangg om Dick Cheney's dghter to four former ernors have signed an amic brief before the Supreme Court advotg for the legalizatn of gay marriage. * hogan gidley gay *
26, 2013— -- The issue of same sex marriage is dividg the Republin Party as a group of more than 80 proment members of the GOP rangg om Dick Cheney's dghter to four former ernors have signed an amic brief before the Supreme Court advotg for the legalizatn of gay of the signers nfirmed for ABC News the existence of the brief signed by the Republins and said would be submted to the Uned Stat Supreme Court this week. Bh, who is one of the su's two lead attorneys along wh David urt will hear arguments next month the se and another important gay rights se that challeng the 1996 feral Defense of Marriage of the signers is Nille Wallace, Republin strategist and former Gee W. "For a long time those of who sort of have always been on the pro-gay marriage si were quietly aware of others who had this view, but what's tremendo now is I n't thk of any issue that has moved wh greater speed than this one, " said Wallace, who is an ABC News said the "power of the legal argument had a lot more to do wh persuadg the majory of Republins on the brief than any polil prsure.
"Proment Republins Back Gay MarriageWallace strsed that she believ this issue, unlike others, will not "igne a civil war the party" bee so many people have gay iends, -workers, and fay members even those who don't agree wh their stance have a lot of "rpect" for the the latt ABC News-Washgton Post polll on the topic om November a slim majory of Amerins support gay marriage 51-47 percent, but amongst Republins is only 31-67 of the signers, former Utah ernor and Republin printial ndidate Jon Huntsman, Jr.
"The homosexual muny is flockg to Democrats drov so we should legalize gay marriage. Advocy groups: Ethpian ernment’s anti-gay rhetoric spurs onle attacks. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTGay Vote Proved a Boon for Lott for The New York TimNov.
GAY VOTE PROVED A BOON FOR OBAMA
15, 2012While Print Obama’s lopsid support among Lato and other mory voters has been a foc of postelectn analysis, the overwhelmg support he received om another growg mographic group — Amerins who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual — has received much ls the backg Mr. Obama received om gay voters also has a claim on havg been cisive.
Romney appears to have won a narrow victory among straight voters the swg stat of Oh and Obama’s more than three-to-one edge ex polls among the 5 percent of voters who intified themselv as gay, lbian or bisexual was more than enough to give him the ultimate advantage, acrdg to the study, by Gary J. The rults are nsistent wh earlier rearch on the number and polil beliefs of gay voters.
IS HOGAN GIDLEY GAY OR STRAIGHT?
Democrats have been wng big over Republins among gay voters, Ain-Amerins, Latos, Asian-Amerins and Jews.
By parison, whe evangelil voters, who vote overwhelmgly for Republins, make up about one-fourth of the electorate, and their numbers are not growg as wh Latos and Asian-Amerins, the number of voters who say they are gay appears to be growg. 9 percent of Amerins over 65 ll themselv gay, lbian or bisexual, acrdg to the Gallup survey, while 3.
Gat said, g a mon term for lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. As Republins plan to reach out to Hispanics and Asian-Amerins, another qutn is whether they would also help themselv by improvg their standg among gay voters. Egan, a profsor of polics and public policy at New York Universy, suggts that gay voters may prove difficult to brg to the Republin tent.