Christian conservative Tony Perkins,
president of the Family Research Council (FRC), said this week that
last year's Supreme Court finding that gay couples have a
constitutional right to marry wasn't the final word on the issue.
Perkins pointed to findings from top
Republican polling firm Wilson Perkins Allen Research to make his
point.
“America may recognize same-sex
marriage now – but not because voters asked it too! And if the Left
thinks the Supreme Court has finally decided the issue, they’re in
for a major surprise,” Perkins
said in a press release. “Turns out, the court of public
opinion has its own verdict on the subject – and new polling shows
it’s anything but liberal.”
“A year and a half into this
experiment in judicial activism, the opinion of most voters hasn’t
budged. When asked by Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research if they
agreed with this statement – 'I believe marriage should be defined
only as a union between one man and one woman' – a solid 53 percent
agreed. That’s a 16-point difference between those who disagreed at
37 percent (another 10 percent were undecided).”
“According to Wilson, the 53 percent
support for natural marriage is identical to what it was
pre-Obergefell. Even the five justices of the Supreme Court
haven’t managed to move the needle on America’s views!”
“If the liberal press had bothered to
listen to what voters believe – instead of telling them what to
believe – this election wouldn’t have been nearly as shocking.
Because if there’s one overwhelming message everyone should have
heard on Tuesday, it’s this: the media, the courts, and the Left
don’t speak for the American people,” he added.
It should be noted that most polls show
a majority of Americans support marriage equality, including a Gallup
poll conducted in May which found support at 61 percent. The
same poll found that only 18 percent of Republicans view the issue as
pivotal when considering a candidate.
(Related: Evan
Wolfson: Trump administration cannot repeal marriage equality.)