Explaining the Shift in Public Attitude on Same-Sex Marriage

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Forces of Cultural Change: Explaining the Shift in Public Attitude on Same-Sex Marriage

By Carol Swain , CP Op-Ed Contributor

April 1, 2013|11:15 pm

Last week I wrote about public opinion polls, arguing that they are influenced by people's desire to give socially acceptable answers to human questioners and that poll results can differ vastly when a robotic caller is employed. If, however, we accept as true a shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage, what trends and forces explain that change?

The most visible is the entertainment industry's increasingly affirmative depictions of homosexuality. Soap operas, such as All My Children, that introduced gay themes and gay relationships as early as 2000, movies like Brokeback Mountain, The Color Purple, and Precious, and the continuing string of actors and actresses who have come out in recent years have no doubt helped move public opinion toward support of same-sex marriage. Although most religious groups, including non-Christian ones in their orthodox forms, oppose same-sex marriages, there are notable exceptions among Christian groups. Episcopalians, Unitarian Universalists, and the United Church of Christ all support same-sex marriages. The ordination of gay priests and same-sex marriages continue to split numerous churches and denomination.

Besides the endorsement of gay marriage in Hollywood, another force of cultural change is our schools. Public schools have pushed an agenda that includes the normalizing of homosexual relationships and greater tolerance for sexual exploration. Increasingly, young people are surprising their parents by coming out of the closet. Bible-believing Christians are surprising their friends, neighbors, and congregants by shifting their stance to one of acceptance when a relative adopts a gay lifestyle. These are the times in which we live. Moreover, we can expect the percentage of young people who express same-sex attractions to grow because of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) propaganda campaign that is taking place in many public schools across the nation.

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[Guest]

LORD, Save Our Children~!

[Matthitjah]

We now know how men like Jeremiah and Joel felt as they stood by watching their society crumble from the inside and saw the gathering storm. They even shouted out in warning but no one believed them.

[Matthitjah]

Joe 1:1

¶ The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Joe 1:2

Hear this, you aged men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this hpppened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Joe 1:3

Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

[Matthitjah]

Here's where we are;

Jer 36:22

Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

Jer 36:23

And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

Jer 36:24

Yet they were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

[BlessedByTheBest]

I believe there is another factor in play, beyond the ones mentioned. People are being publicly shamed, at work, at family gatherings, on Facebook, and other places to accept this as normal, or they get ridiculed. Pier pressure has a good deal to do with it, and it is being applied with a vengeance.

yes. truth offends. being intolerant is now considered hate crime.

[BFP]

I believe there is another factor in play, beyond the ones mentioned. People are being publicly shamed, at work, at family gatherings, on Facebook, and other places to accept this as normal, or they get ridiculed. Pier pressure has a good deal to do with it, and it is being applied with a vengeance.

I completely agree with this statement, in fact this is the one that seems to be my personal biggest pressure...moreso on facebook than anywhere else, because there is such a mix of people. I have learned in recent years to be very careful about what I post because the backlash can be intimidating.

[MorningGlory]

I believe there is another factor in play, beyond the ones mentioned. People are being publicly shamed, at work, at family gatherings, on Facebook, and other places to accept this as normal, or they get ridiculed. Pier pressure has a good deal to do with it, and it is being applied with a vengeance.

I agree; I've seen others upbraided because of their 'intolerance' and I've made up my mind on the subject. I oppose gay marriage and anyone who tries to intimidate me about that stance will find themselves crashing headlong into a stucco wall. Christians have to stand their ground....

[B3L13v3R]

I would add with the U.S. Supreme Court removing the foundation of all morality, the Bible from the public school system in 1963.

And prior to this, in 1962 the same Supreme Court removed prayer from the public school system.

More recently, in 1980 the Supreme Court overturned a Kentucky law requiring them to post the Ten Commandments in every school that was funded with private contributions.

"New" worldly religions are now reigning supreme in the classroom. Such as hedonism, self esteem, perverted sex education, yoga, eastern mysticism, evolution, etc...

My grandmother used to tell me of talking and chewing gum being the "big" problems in her school days.

In part, when I was in, it was sex, drugs, guns, and knives.

The removal of prayer, God and His Word from the classroom defines my grandmother's generation from this generation today.

The Christians foundation starts at Genesis, and ends with Revelation.

[Littlelambseativy]

We knew these events would be happening - what surprises me is the speed at which all of this is coming - weeks of decades. It is amazing at the number of 'Christians' who are accepting all these ungodly changes and falling away. It's as though you know you are going to be hit by an out of control car but cannot swerve out of the way but just watch it happen. On the large scale it is out of our hands it is only what we can say that may have an affect on others eternal future. Stay faithful and keep looking up our redemption draws nigh - the problem is that we do not know how long. Remain faithful to the end.