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Equality news round-up: DOMA at the Supreme Court, and more
October 1, 2012
By Scottie Thomaston
- The Supreme Court hasn’t decided whether it will hear the Prop 8 case, challenges to DOMA, or Brewer v. Diaz. However, it did deny an appeal from the National Organization for Marriage in a campaign case.
- New poll in Maine shows major support for marriage equality.
- Serbia considers banning gay pride parades.
- NBC highlights Edith Windsor’s DOMA case.
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TomTallis | October 1, 2012 at 11:27 am
Another month of hurry up and wait. Four years of denial of civil rights. Every additional day is a victory for the religious right.
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Gregory in SLC | October 1, 2012 at 12:03 pm
TWEET from Scotusblog:
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Don't expect #scotus to rule on #ssm & #prop8 petitions today (or a while). Some cases won't be ready before Thanksgiving.
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grod | October 1, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Maine: 57/36 with 7% undecided done by Critical Insight (N=618) was surveyed in mid September. This survey was done at almost the same time that Public Policy Polling did theirs ( N 804) with results of a 52/44/4, split also pro marriage equality. Both were done by phone, Insight the only one to include cell phones. Public Policy Polling's president said tat the time "Our experience in polling gay marriage is that if people say they’re undecided it usually means they’re opposed to it”…. As I have said in early comments of these polls, it would be useful to know the splits by county or by the population areas. I still find http://pinetreepolitics.bangordailynews.com/2009/… a useful breakout of the actual ballot vote then.
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Mason | October 1, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Playing politics with gay people's emotions and lives is not right and not fair. Equal would be affording loving gay couples the same rights and protection as heterosexual couples and not putting it up to a popular vote, in campaigns filled with lies by religious groups with skewed agendas.
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grod | October 2, 2012 at 4:34 am
Update: http://www.pressherald.com/whatmainethinks/marria… suggests the Insight Poll, with similar results to their poll done in June did breakout results by county for the Portland Press Herald. The article provides details why David Farmer, spokesman for Mainers United for Marriage is optimistic.
Regarding inclusion of cellphone users by this pollster [proportional to sole sure in the state], an independant analysis told the Press Herald "Cellphones also may have contributed to stronger support for the same-sex marriage referendum in the Critical Insights poll. Young voters, the ones most likely to have cellphones and no landlines, are strongly behind the legalization effort."
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Mike in Baltimore | October 2, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Another reason might be a Federal regulation that says robocalls can NOT be made to cell phones, that only humans can make calls to cells phones.
I know PPP makes robocalls, but takes measures (I don't know what) to try to ensure the polls take into the account the lack of cell phone polling.
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