You've been warned, America, gay marriage is just the beginning

[bryant.coleman]

Then if US will be weakened, do you think there is no country will miss the chance to invade US? US haters is waiting for that moment to be happened, like Russia and North Korea. They don't care if they must wait it for 100 years, a little chance can be a big impact for them.

Just stop being paranoid. No one is going to invade a country, which possess close to 10,000 nuclear weapons. Russia is definitely not interested in invading the United States, and North Korea does not have the capability to do so. There is only one country which is interested in invading the US, and it is Mexico. A silent invasion is already happening, and no one will realize it until everything is over. 

[jayce]

Just stop being paranoid. No one is going to invade a country, which possess close to 10,000 nuclear weapons. Russia is definitely not interested in invading the United States, and North Korea does not have the capability to do so. There is only one country which is interested in invading the US, and it is Mexico. A silent invasion is already happening, and no one will realize it until everything is over. 

Actually I am not paranoid and don't really care if US is invaded, since thats not of my country. But in my opinion numbers of US enemy is increasing and there is a possibility to be happened. Since there are many spanish speakers in US, I think you are right about the silent invasion.

[BADecker]

God wants people to have children so that the land can be filled with people. Gay marriage and abortion does not produce children.

Two fifths of the American lands are tied up in State or Nation owned lands where almost nobody lives. Since America has reduced and is reducing its population growth, God is seeing to it that people from Mexico are coming up to fill the void. People from Mexico are very family oriented and will take up the slack.

At the same time, the things that these people lack in understanding about the salvation of God - though they are very religious - will be explained by Americans to them as they take over and fill the land for God.

[Beliathon]

Fox News viewership is stable and slightly growing, while that of the progressive (pro-Sodomite) channels such as CNN and MSNBC are going down sharply.

This statement just shows how woefully out of touch with reality you are. Progressive young people aren't getting their news from TV at all, they get it from Reddit (the 4th most popular site on the internet).

God wants people to have children so that the land can be filled with people. Gay marriage and abortion does not produce children.

God wants us to despoil the Paradise he gave us, ruining it for all future generations of his children? Because that's what we're doing, and it seems like a pretty fucking selfish and convenient worldview to have.

[BADecker]

God wants people to have children so that the land can be filled with people. Gay marriage and abortion does not produce children.

God wants us to despoil the Paradise he gave us, ruining it for all future generations of his children? Because that's what we're doing, and it seems like a pretty fucking selfish and convenient worldview to have.

It's not the poor people from Mexico who are messing up the world of nature that God gave us all. It is the people of knowledge and science and engineering who are creating things that cause pollution. And it is the stupid people like us who are asking them to give us more and more of the things that pollute.

God has said in the Revelation that He will destroy those who are destroying the earth. This isn't the poor people from Mexico who are simply trying to eek out a life from the land, or a better life in a place where they think there is peace.

You just love twisting my words and ideas, don't you. The mental and spiritual pain in your life is becoming evident to all. You should really seek psychological and spiritual help before you go off the deep end.

[bryant.coleman]

Fox News viewership is stable and slightly growing, while that of the progressive (pro-Sodomite) channels such as CNN and MSNBC are going down sharply.

This statement just shows how woefully out of touch with reality you are. Progressive young people aren't getting their news from TV at all, they get it from Reddit (the 4th most popular site on the internet).

According to Pew Research, internet is not among the most popular news sources in the United States. Reddit might be popular in the Europe, but it has not yet achieved that sort of popularity in the United States. And according to the latest available information, an average American spends 109.5 minutes browsing internet, while spending 375.8 minutes on the traditional media.

[Beliathon]

And according to the latest available information, an average American spends 109.5 minutes browsing internet, while spending 375.8 minutes on the traditional media.

Here we go again with the unsupported conclusions! Binge-watching Netflix does not equal getting news from TV.

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/millennials-news/single-page/

Notice the particularly stark news-source difference between millennials and baby boomers. Note also Fox News dropping from 47% to 36% to 30% as you go from older to younger.





Among the study’s findings:

While Millennials are highly equipped, it is not true they are constantly connected. More than 90 percent of adults age 18-34 surveyed own smartphones, and half own tablets. But only half (51 percent) say they are online most or all of the day.
Email is the most common digital activity, but news is a significant part of the online lives of Millennials, as well. Fully 69 percent report getting news at least once a day — 40 percent several times a day.

Millennials acquire news for many reasons, which include a fairly even mix of civic motivations (74 percent), problem-solving needs (63 percent), and social factors (67 percent) such as talking about it with friends.

Contrary to the idea that social media creates a polarizing “filter bubble,” exposing people to only a narrow range of opinions, 70 percent of Millennials say that their social media feeds are comprised of diverse viewpoints evenly mixed between those similar to and different from their own. An additional 16 percent say their feeds contain mostly viewpoints different from their own. And nearly three-quarters of those exposed to different views (73 percent) report they investigate others’ opinions at least some of the time — with a quarter saying they do it always or often.

Facebook has become a nearly ubiquitous part of digital Millennial life. On 24 separate news and information topics probed, Facebook was the No. 1 gateway to learn about 13 of those, and the second-most cited gateway for seven others.
At the same time, younger Millennials express growing frustration with Facebook, and there are signals in the research that the use of social media will continue to splinter with time. Younger Millennials use more social networks (an average of four) than older ones (who average three).

They are also more likely than older ones to have cut back on their social media use or dropped a social network completely. In our longer interviews, these younger Millennials describe Facebook like a utility they have to use rather than one they enjoy.

When Millennials want to dig deeper on a subject, search is the dominant method cited by 57 percent (and it is the one cited most often as useful), followed by news sites (23 percent). Only 7 percent cite checking Facebook to learn more.

And when Millennials do dig deeper, the most important qualities that make a destination useful are that they know the source well (57 percent) and that this digital source is transparent and rich with references and links (52 percent).

Millennials, however, do not worry much about privacy. Only 2 in 10 worry a good deal about privacy in general. And when asked about specific concerns, only 22 percent worry even a little about government surveillance; 30 percent worry even a little about corporate America knowing too much about them. The biggest worry, 38 percent, is identity theft.

Despite this lack of overall concern, the vast majority of Millennials (86 percent) have changed their behavior online, mostly to control what people know about them. Fifty-two percent have changed their privacy settings, while 37 percent say they are now more likely to remove information or photos of themselves that are embarrassing or immature.

[freemind1]

The beginning of wath???. The beginning of the end?.

[Beliathon]

The beginning of wath???. The beginning of the end?.

Yes, the end of KKKhristian Amerikkka as we know it. This is the last century of bigotry in the industrialized world.

[TECSHARE]

And according to the latest available information, an average American spends 109.5 minutes browsing internet, while spending 375.8 minutes on the traditional media.

Here we go again with the unsupported conclusions! Binge-watching Netflix does not equal getting news from TV.

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/millennials-news/single-page/

Notice the particularly stark news-source difference between millennials and baby boomers. Note also Fox News dropping from 47% to 36% to 30% as you go from older to younger.

Among the study’s findings:

While Millennials are highly equipped, it is not true they are constantly connected. More than 90 percent of adults age 18-34 surveyed own smartphones, and half own tablets. But only half (51 percent) say they are online most or all of the day.
Email is the most common digital activity, but news is a significant part of the online lives of Millennials, as well. Fully 69 percent report getting news at least once a day — 40 percent several times a day.

Millennials acquire news for many reasons, which include a fairly even mix of civic motivations (74 percent), problem-solving needs (63 percent), and social factors (67 percent) such as talking about it with friends.

Contrary to the idea that social media creates a polarizing “filter bubble,” exposing people to only a narrow range of opinions, 70 percent of Millennials say that their social media feeds are comprised of diverse viewpoints evenly mixed between those similar to and different from their own. An additional 16 percent say their feeds contain mostly viewpoints different from their own. And nearly three-quarters of those exposed to different views (73 percent) report they investigate others’ opinions at least some of the time — with a quarter saying they do it always or often.

Facebook has become a nearly ubiquitous part of digital Millennial life. On 24 separate news and information topics probed, Facebook was the No. 1 gateway to learn about 13 of those, and the second-most cited gateway for seven others.
At the same time, younger Millennials express growing frustration with Facebook, and there are signals in the research that the use of social media will continue to splinter with time. Younger Millennials use more social networks (an average of four) than older ones (who average three).

They are also more likely than older ones to have cut back on their social media use or dropped a social network completely. In our longer interviews, these younger Millennials describe Facebook like a utility they have to use rather than one they enjoy.

When Millennials want to dig deeper on a subject, search is the dominant method cited by 57 percent (and it is the one cited most often as useful), followed by news sites (23 percent). Only 7 percent cite checking Facebook to learn more.

And when Millennials do dig deeper, the most important qualities that make a destination useful are that they know the source well (57 percent) and that this digital source is transparent and rich with references and links (52 percent).

Millennials, however, do not worry much about privacy. Only 2 in 10 worry a good deal about privacy in general. And when asked about specific concerns, only 22 percent worry even a little about government surveillance; 30 percent worry even a little about corporate America knowing too much about them. The biggest worry, 38 percent, is identity theft.

Despite this lack of overall concern, the vast majority of Millennials (86 percent) have changed their behavior online, mostly to control what people know about them. Fifty-two percent have changed their privacy settings, while 37 percent say they are now more likely to remove information or photos of themselves that are embarrassing or immature.

Ah self reporting survey studies. The height of scientific rigor. Unfortunately Facebook actively censors political media, so I am not sure it is a good thing more people get their news from there (not that TV is better). IMO the problem is that no matter what media you use if people are lazy and expect information to be served to them, they are liable to manipulation. The truly informed actively seek information rather than just expecting it to be delivered to them in easily digestible sound bytes.

[Beliathon]

Ah self reporting survey studies. The height of scientific rigor.

This survey was conducted by the Media Insight Project, an initiative of the American Press Institute (API) and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey was conducted from January 5 through February 2, 2015. The survey was funded by API. The API, NORC at the University of Chicago, and AP staff collaborated on all aspects of the study.

The study included multiple modes of data collection. The portion of the survey involving screening for age eligibility and recruitment was completed by telephone, while the main portion of the questionnaire was administered online. The telephone component included only cell telephone numbers (no landlines), and used both random-digit-dial (RDD) and age-targeted list sample from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. During recruitment efforts, a total of 6,635 adults provided age information, and 2,297 (35 percent) were deemed eligible because they fell between the ages of 18 and 34. Of those 2,297, a total of 1,759 respondents (77 percent) went on to complete the recruitment phase of the survey, which involved agreeing to receive an invitation for the web survey either by email or text message, and providing one’s email address or cell telephone number. Of the recruited participants, 1,046 (59 percent) completed the web survey. The final response rate was 14 percent, based on the American Association for Public Opinion Research Response Rate 3 method.

[TECSHARE]

Ah self reporting survey studies. The height of scientific rigor.

This survey was conducted by the Media Insight Project, an initiative of the American Press Institute (API) and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey was conducted from January 5 through February 2, 2015. The survey was funded by API. The API, NORC at the University of Chicago, and AP staff collaborated on all aspects of the study.

The study included multiple modes of data collection. The portion of the survey involving screening for age eligibility and recruitment was completed by telephone, while the main portion of the questionnaire was administered online. The telephone component included only cell telephone numbers (no landlines), and used both random-digit-dial (RDD) and age-targeted list sample from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. During recruitment efforts, a total of 6,635 adults provided age information, and 2,297 (35 percent) were deemed eligible because they fell between the ages of 18 and 34. Of those 2,297, a total of 1,759 respondents (77 percent) went on to complete the recruitment phase of the survey, which involved agreeing to receive an invitation for the web survey either by email or text message, and providing one’s email address or cell telephone number. Of the recruited participants, 1,046 (59 percent) completed the web survey. The final response rate was 14 percent, based on the American Association for Public Opinion Research Response Rate 3 method.

None of this matters. It was conducted via a self reported survey. People lie to themselves and others constantly. This does not meet the standards of scientific method, which would correct for peoples ability to bullshit and make more direct observations of their behavior.

[Beliathon]

Ah self reporting survey studies. The height of scientific rigor.

*FACTS*

"None of this matters."

[bryant.coleman]

Yes, the end of KKKhristian Amerikkka as we know it. This is the last century of bigotry in the industrialized world.

The end of Christian America and the beginning of Gaymerica. I am not an American and I don't care much. But Industrialized world doesn't mean only the United States and the European Union. It also includes countries such as Japan, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Qatar, Turkey.etc, which are solidly against homosexuality.

[PenguinFire]

Accepting gay marriage is simply a way to make more money in taxes somehow.

Some people always did it already... lived together as though they were married even though they weren't. Others never would. It all has to do with making money somehow.

I don't think the federal government helped convince the US supreme court to vote the way they did so they would begin collecting taxes on gay couples.  haha

[celestio]

Yes, the end of KKKhristian Amerikkka as we know it. This is the last century of bigotry in the industrialized world.

The end of Christian America and the beginning of Gaymerica. I am not an American and I don't care much. But Industrialized world doesn't mean only the United States and the European Union. It also includes countries such as Japan, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Qatar, Turkey.etc, which are solidly against homosexuality.

And where do you live if I may ask? I'm sure it's a swell place concerning the fact that you use post nonsense, relentlessly on this forum to try and earn money from signature campaigns. Life's good huh? /s

[Beliathon]

Yes, the end of KKKhristian Amerikkka as we know it. This is the last century of bigotry in the industrialized world.

The end of Christian America and the beginning of Gaymerica. I am not an American and I don't care much. But Industrialized world doesn't mean only the United States and the European Union. It also includes countries such as Japan, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Qatar, Turkey.etc, which are solidly against homosexuality.

Even if each one of these gay-hating nations had their own continent, we'd still have enough nukes to pulverize all of them to rubble. I believe Japan has "tasted the rainbow" twice before, so they can warn the others about our power.

ALL POWER TO GAYMURICA! BOW AND LICK OUR GAYNUS, OR YOUR BIGOTRY SHALL BE CLEANSED IN NUCLEAR RAINBOW!

[bryant.coleman]

I believe Japan has "tasted the rainbow" twice before, so they can warn the others about our power.

As per the latest surveys (conducted by the Pew Research Center), a majority of the males in Japan are opposed to homosexuality, while a majority of the females are favoring the same. There is a gender divide in Japan. But in all the other countries which I had mentioned before, the majority of the population opposes homosexuality.

[Lauda]

If two people love each other, they should be allowed to marry. The gender isn't important.
Another interesting thing is the hate of the male gender towards gay men, but not that much towards lesbians. I don't really have a specific stance towards either, however I choose to respect peoples decisions and not judge/hate them.

I agree that America moved to the wrong direction.
Yes, gay marriage is only the beginning of process and this can end up with new definition of marriage, that anyone can marry anyone, 1 man with 2 women, 2 women with 1 man, any other combination and finally we can have legalized polygamy.
All in the name of human rights because no one should be discriminated and everybody's wishes must be respected, right?

How about no? Netherlands had legalizied same-sex marriage 14 years ago as far as I know (the first marriage happened in 2001), and there is nothing wrong with that country today. There are also a few others that have legalized it as well such as in Belgium, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, etc.

I have to ask myself why is everyone so obsessed with this?

[Beliathon]

As per the latest surveys (conducted by the Pew Research Center), a majority of the males in Japan are opposed to homosexuality, while a majority of the females are favoring the same. There is a gender divide in Japan. But in all the other countries which I had mentioned before, the majority of the population opposes homosexuality.

Perhaps our Gay Genius Scientists can devise a bomb that will only kill the Male Japanese this time... I'll have to get back to you on that.

If two people love each other, they should be allowed to marry.

QFT. Love is Love, The End.