Ethics

Kuznicki on Democracy and Liberty

By Ed Brayton

Jason Kuznicki discusses a recent poll in Iowa that sheds some light on the frequent tension between liberty and democracy. The poll shows that while nearly all Iowans agree that gay marriage does not affect them in any way, half of them still want to ban it:

Iowans are almost evenly divided about whether they would vote for or against a constitutional amendment to end marriage for same-sex couples, according to The Des Moines Register's new Iowa Poll.

Forty-one percent say they would vote for a ban, and 40 percent say they would vote to continue gay marriage. The rest either would not vote or say they are not sure...

The overwhelming majority of Iowans - 92 percent - say gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 24, 2009 (boomark / email).