Recent Poll Indicates Distressing Inconsistency

Last week the Pew Research Center for People & the Press Public Life released the results of a recent telephonic poll. According to the results of their research, "Americans are conservative in opposing gay marriage and gay adoption, liberal in favoring embryonic stem cell research, and a little of both on abortion."

Here are some interesting stats:

1. 56% oppose same sex marriage, 35% in favor
2. Asked which came closest to their views on abortion respondents said: 31% should be made available, 20% said available " but under stricter limits than now", 35% said it should be against the law except in caes of rape and incest, and 11% said it should "never be permitted at all."
3. Oddly, while not supporting same sex marriage, 54% supported same sex unions
4. Also strange and disappointing, of those who did not support same sex marriage, 40% of them do not want a constitutional amendment to ban such marriages.
5. Support for stem cell research also remains largely unchanged. A clear majority (56%) says it is more important to continue stem cell research that might produce new medical cures than to avoid destroying the human embryos used in the research.

To read the entire survey, you just click on this link, it makes for both interesting and scary reading: http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=283