While some conservatives have openly admitted that, "It's inevitable; we're going to lose the gay marriage rights battle," others continue to be in denial. One such group is the Family Research Council (FRC), which wrote the following in their daily email blast:
"[There is] growing opposition [among middle-aged adults]. The gap is widening between Millennials and their Generation X counterparts. ...the children of Madonna and Ferris Bueller are noticeably more reluctant to redefine marriage than they used to be."
This claim was made due to the results found in two Pew Research Center polls released in 2005 and 2015. In 2005, the gap between Millennials and Generation Xers on marriage equality was 5%, whereas that gap in 2015 is 14%.
Technically speaking, the Family Research Council is accurate in their reported numbers (gaps), but they're quite inaccurate when it comes to their assertion that Generation Xers' support for same-sex marriage has declined over the past ten years. You see, in 2005, 49% of Millennials and 44% of Generation Xers supported same-sex marriage. In 2015, those numbers are 73 and 59%, respectively. So, over the past decade, Millennials' support of same-sex marriage has increased by 24% and Generation Xers support of same-sex marriage has increased by 15%.
2005: 44% of Generation Xers support same-sex marriage (up to 56% either disapprove or are uncertain)
2015: 59% of Generation Xers support same-sex marriage (up to 41% either disapprove or are uncertain)
Family Research Council: "There's growing opposition to same-sex marriage among Generation Xers!"
Apparently, there's growing opposition in the Family Research Council of learning basic math. Sadly, the FRC didn't stop there, adding this to their wishful-thinking list:
"More than double. The shift may have caught liberals off guard - but not us. FRC has argued for years that the older people get, the more socially conservative they become. Once young people shed their rebellious 20s, get married, and have a family, it dramatically alters their perspective on some of these issues. Suddenly, the anything-goes teenager turns into a father who can't imagine their little girl sharing a bathroom with a grown man or hearing LGBT fairy tales in third grade.
These days, with more young people putting off marriage, the cultural awakening is taking a little longer. But it is happening, as Pew makes very clear. The Left desperately wants to lock young people into a box on issues like marriage - but they shouldn't be surprised when their opinions 'evolve' too."
Support for same-sex marriage has been continually growing with each and every age group. While the increases may be slower with each successively older age group, that doesn't negate the fact that increased support for marriage equality is trending across the board and isn't likely to stop and reverse itself anytime soon. If the Family Research Council wants to believe that Generation Xers increasing their support for same-sex marriage from 44 to 59% in the past ten years is a tell-tale sign that their support is decreasing on the issue and will continue to do so in the future, then so be it. I suppose that's just one fairy tale they'll continue to spout. From this point forward, denial might as well be spelled F-R-C.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/06/24/3673354/frc-marriage-poll-delusion/
"[There is] growing opposition [among middle-aged adults]. The gap is widening between Millennials and their Generation X counterparts. ...the children of Madonna and Ferris Bueller are noticeably more reluctant to redefine marriage than they used to be."
This claim was made due to the results found in two Pew Research Center polls released in 2005 and 2015. In 2005, the gap between Millennials and Generation Xers on marriage equality was 5%, whereas that gap in 2015 is 14%.
Technically speaking, the Family Research Council is accurate in their reported numbers (gaps), but they're quite inaccurate when it comes to their assertion that Generation Xers' support for same-sex marriage has declined over the past ten years. You see, in 2005, 49% of Millennials and 44% of Generation Xers supported same-sex marriage. In 2015, those numbers are 73 and 59%, respectively. So, over the past decade, Millennials' support of same-sex marriage has increased by 24% and Generation Xers support of same-sex marriage has increased by 15%.
2005: 44% of Generation Xers support same-sex marriage (up to 56% either disapprove or are uncertain)
2015: 59% of Generation Xers support same-sex marriage (up to 41% either disapprove or are uncertain)
Family Research Council: "There's growing opposition to same-sex marriage among Generation Xers!"
Apparently, there's growing opposition in the Family Research Council of learning basic math. Sadly, the FRC didn't stop there, adding this to their wishful-thinking list:
"More than double. The shift may have caught liberals off guard - but not us. FRC has argued for years that the older people get, the more socially conservative they become. Once young people shed their rebellious 20s, get married, and have a family, it dramatically alters their perspective on some of these issues. Suddenly, the anything-goes teenager turns into a father who can't imagine their little girl sharing a bathroom with a grown man or hearing LGBT fairy tales in third grade.
These days, with more young people putting off marriage, the cultural awakening is taking a little longer. But it is happening, as Pew makes very clear. The Left desperately wants to lock young people into a box on issues like marriage - but they shouldn't be surprised when their opinions 'evolve' too."
Support for same-sex marriage has been continually growing with each and every age group. While the increases may be slower with each successively older age group, that doesn't negate the fact that increased support for marriage equality is trending across the board and isn't likely to stop and reverse itself anytime soon. If the Family Research Council wants to believe that Generation Xers increasing their support for same-sex marriage from 44 to 59% in the past ten years is a tell-tale sign that their support is decreasing on the issue and will continue to do so in the future, then so be it. I suppose that's just one fairy tale they'll continue to spout. From this point forward, denial might as well be spelled F-R-C.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/06/24/3673354/frc-marriage-poll-delusion/
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