{"id":2505521,"date":"2025-11-01T11:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-american-support-for-so-called-same-sex-marriage-falls\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:42:14","slug":"op-ed-american-support-for-so-called-same-sex-marriage-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-american-support-for-so-called-same-sex-marriage-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: American Support for So-Called Same-Sex Marriage Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-american-support-for-so-called-same-sex-marriage-falls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2505521&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-extends-traffic-curfew-to-lower-risk-areas-to-sustain-virus-decline\/\" title=\"Iran extends traffic curfew to lower-risk areas to sustain virus decline\">recent decline<\/a> in American support for same-sex marriage more than a decade after the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling legalized it nationwide. According to a poll by The Economist and YouGov, support has dropped to 54%, while opposition has grown to 33%. Gallup polling also shows a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >widening partisan divide<\/a>, with 88% of Democrats supporting same-sex marriage compared to only 41% of Republicans-the largest gap recorded in nearly 30 years. The piece argues that Obergefell has led to broader acceptance of what the author views as harmful sexual behaviors, challenging traditional Christian values surrounding marriage and sexuality. The author expresses a belief that LGBT identities threaten American culture and society, calling for a rollback of these changes and a rejection of homosexuality to preserve social order. The article reflects a critical and conservative viewpoint on the issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>More than 10 years after Obergefell v. Hodges opened the doors not only to so-called same-sex marriage, but to all manner of perverse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-macarthur-calls-on-u-s-pastors-to-preach-on-biblical-sexuality-on-jan-16-in-response-to-new-canadian-law\/\" title=\"John MacArthur Calls On U.S. Pastors To Preach On Biblical Sexuality On Jan. 16 In Response To New Canadian Law\">sexual practices<\/a>, Americans seem to have increasingly had enough.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/topics\/politics\/survey-results\/daily\/2025\/06\/11\/b503a\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> from The Economist and YouGov shows that the  of Americans believing that so-called same<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stage-is-set-for-supreme-court-to-overturn-same-sex-marriage\/\" title=\"Stage is Set for Supreme Court to Overturn Same...\">-sex marriage &#038;ldquo<\/a>;should be legal&rdquo; has fallen to 54 percent.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, those who believe it &ldquo;should not be legal&rdquo; now make up 33 percent of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The poll of 1,623 U.S. adults was taken between Oct. 24 and Oct. 27, with a margin of error of +\/- 3.4 percent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">American support for same-sex marriage has fallen to 54%, according to a recent Economist\/YouGov poll.<\/p>\n<p>A third of the population opposes same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Follow: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFpost?\">@AFpost<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vRkGH0TKiE\">pic.twitter.com\/vRkGH0TKiE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AF Post (@AFpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFpost\/status\/1983649893010043227?\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString(); 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    stnPlayer(); } <\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gallup likewise recorded in May a stagnation in the growth trend of support for so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gay-throuple-adopting-baby-girl-gets-rightly-deserved-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">same-sex<\/a> marriage.<\/p>\n<p>While 88 percent of Democrats now <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/691139\/record-party-divide-years-sex-marriage-ruling.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe<\/a> the practice should be legal, only 41 percent of Republicans concur, marking their lowest level of support since Obergefell.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The current 47-point gap between Republicans and Democrats is the largest since Gallup first began tracking this measure 29 years ago,&rdquo; the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>There has indeed been massive issues wrought by the acceptance of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Americans were told that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-reasons-scotus-should-overturn-obergefell-now\/\" title=\"4 Reasons SCOTUS Should Overturn ... Now\">marriage equality&#038;rdquo<\/a>; was the sole end of Obergefell, and that the government should not try to regulate same-sex conduct, even in public.<\/p>\n<p>But the last decade has disproven that thesis.<\/p>\n<p>Obergefell is merely a bludgeon used to force novel sexual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/graphic-pro-family-org-infiltrates-ages-pride-event-captures-sick-things-really-going-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">practices<\/a> on America, a country traditionally defined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/devout-christian-soccer-star-writes-jesus-message-lgbt-armband-forced-wear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian<\/a> conceptions of sex, marriage, and life ethics.<\/p>\n<p>We committed not only a radical sin, but a laughable act of hubris, when we tried to redefine the institution of marriage, which God alone created.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are forced to watch our nation given over to depravity and absurdity as due judgment for our arrogance.<\/p>\n<p>The time has come to stuff homosexuality back into the closet.<\/p>\n<p>LGBT identities and assumptions are corrosive to functional society, and as long as they are allowed to be treated as normal, American culture will be under grave threat.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are increasingly seeing these excesses and not willing merely to clip branches from the tree of depravity, but to knock down the tree altogether.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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