The Annulment of Same-sex Marriage
A day can't go by when the same sex marriage question is not portrayed as a mainstream issue. With the Supreme Court set to rule on the question, one must ask; who is pushing this agenda and what is at stake?
According to five studies compiled by Gary Gates of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA, the United States has approximately four million homosexual adults representing about 1.7 percent of the population.
Other studies show the U.S. Census Bureau finding that homosexual couples constitute less than 1% of American households while The Family Research Report says homosexuals make up about 2.5% of the population, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force estimates approximately 6% of the population is homosexual.
Even if we take into account underreporting and bias, the high end average of homosexuals in the U.S. would be approximately 3% of the population. It is also reasonable to assume that same-sex couples are the ones championing the cause to change the definition of marriage since the issue most affects them. Furthermore, since not all homosexuals believe in same sex marriage, homosexuals that actually wish to redefine marriage diminish the already small numbers even further.
The most recent U.S. Census data reveal that in the last 15 years only one in five or 150,000 same-sex couples have taken advantage of legal recognition. This is less than six tenths of one percent of the population.
And since two-thirds of legally recognized same-sex couples in the United States are female, the number of committed men seeking marriage is about two tenths of one percent of the population.
From a nominal standpoint, do these facts reach a level of statistical significance to even grant the same sex marriage debate legitimate consideration in a nation that understands the historic nature of institutions that hold civilized societies together? Sadly however, it does not take a lot of people to make a ton of noise and create the illusion of a mass movement.
The numbers tell us homosexual marriage is a false argument hiding behind a politically-correct bandwagon because Americans have been told it is the tolerant and progressive thing to believe. After all, who wants to have to answer to charges of homophobia, the default position thrown at anyone who dare challenge the agenda?
Those who believe in overturning traditional marriage have run a well-marketed campaign of victimhood and oppression tied to identity politics; where politicians are all too happy to champion sub-groups of the population to garner votes.
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