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Would someone please tell me <\/span>how a 50-50 split in a survey equals a majority<\/span><\/a>? Yes, I know it\u2019s more than previous polls have suggested \u2013 according to this one poll that gives almost no information<\/span> about how it conducted its survey. But still, where\u2019s the majority? Actually, if you read the story, you\u2019ll notice there is very little substance. The headline is meant to indoctrinate, as many headlines are. Hopefully folks won\u2019t actually read the story, that more or less gives a history of how the courts have been homosexuality\u2019s little helper, while voters have repeatedly<\/span> expressed their concern for redefining, and of course ultimately undoing, the importance of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is good enough to mention the \u2018significant age gap\u2019, though also fails to give actual numbers. The age gap is otherwise documented. For me, the real story about the age gap is that despite an overwhelming propaganda<\/span> juggernaut on the part of the entertainment industry, our public and higher education institutions<\/span>, and our ministry of indoctrination (the MSM<\/span>) \u2013 all focused on converting the good people of America toward the gospel of the gay rights movement \u2013 there are still youth who aren\u2019t buying into the enforced doctrines. That should be the story as I see it. If you support gay marriage today, you are doing nothing so much as saying \u2018yes, the emperor\u2019s new clothes are splendid\u2019, all because that\u2019s what the information<\/span> institutions<\/span> told you to say. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"