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More polling data suggesting Obama changed minds with gay marriage stance



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Interestingly, this poll suggests that black opposition to gay marriage shrunk, though it didn't turn into more support.  Rather, they moved from "against" to "unsure."  Which is still a marked improvement.  Among Latinos, our numbers improved as well.

This poll showed only 41% support for same-sex marriage.  Clearly there's some variation in the recent polls, with many showing supporting in the low 50s.  I'm not entirely sure why the polls are so varied, but still, the low-50s polls aren't complete outliers.  We've seen that number repeated in numerous polls.  All of these polls agree that public opinion is definitely shifting, and it's shifting our way. Read the rest of this post...

Majority of Latinos say homosexuality should be accepted.



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A new PEW study, via HuffPo:
A study released by the Pew Hispanic Center on Wednesday found that 59 percent of U.S. Latinos say homosexuality should be accepted by society. Second generation Hispanics go further, with 68 percent of those surveyed saying the same.

The study comes just a week after internal documents from the National Organization of Marriage were made public which revealed NOM's strategy of pitting Latinos against gay equality in order to pass a ban on gay marriage in Maine.
HuffPo is referring to the secret memo that revealed NOM wants to create a race war in America between blacks, Latinos and gays. Read the rest of this post...