Regarding votes on state amendments that was mentioned above, here are a couple of charts that show the share of YES votes in the various states.

I don’t know where you got the data for those charts but it doesn’t match the election data I got from CNN (and a couple of other sources).

For example your chart claims in 2006 the % voting in favor of gay marriage bans was 67%, From the CNN Election result data, it was only 62.7%. Even excluding the AZ data (which I can see no valid reason for you to do that) the result would only be about 64.2% And averaging in the 2005 results (Texas and Kansas) still only gets you to 65%.

Additionally, of all the data on votes I could find prior to 2003(2002,2000, 1998), the lowest margin was 67% to 33% (Nevada 2002). All of the others were by margins greater than 67%. So I’m curious how you arrived at your 63% figure.

I stand by my original statement that polling and vote data indicate a trend towards greater support for same-sex marriage.

If anyone wants any links to the data I used, I’ll post them. And for the record Chairm I am asking for the data you used to create those charts.

Not to worry. I’m not offended that Ann does not appreciate my writing. She’s told us all several times that she refuses to read anything I write. That is certainly her right.

Considering that Ann isn’t reading this, perhaps you could ask her the following question:

What would be a good term to describe “those who are opposed or hostile to homosexual social reforms and institutions, etc.” as opposed to those who support such reforms and institutions?

Jayhuck,

I don’t think you are belaboring a point at all – I do understand that you find value and substance in the posts from both Eddy and Timothy.

Yes, I agree with you about Eddy’s contributions to the blog – I find them invaluable and very substantive and intelligent and fair. He always has an attentive audience with me