Comments on: It’s Not Special If Everyone Can Have It http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/06/01/414 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mumei http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/06/01/414/comment-page-1#comment-367 Mumei Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:11:59 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/06/01/414#comment-367 I know that according to the exit polls in 2004, 4% identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. I do have some questions, though. Do gay, lesbian, or bisexual people vote at about the same rate as the average? Or more? I'm assuming not less, but I could always be wrong. And should we assume that, say, 65 - 85% (those are COMPLETELY arbitrary numbers with no basis in anything at all) of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual population are open enough about their sexuality to identify as such in an exit poll? I'm assuming that all this means that anything from a 3 - 6% estimate is fairly reasonable, until we can find a better gauge... right? I know that according to the exit polls in 2004, 4% identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. I do have some questions, though.

Do gay, lesbian, or bisexual people vote at about the same rate as the average? Or more? I’m assuming not less, but I could always be wrong. And should we assume that, say, 65 – 85% (those are COMPLETELY arbitrary numbers with no basis in anything at all) of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual population are open enough about their sexuality to identify as such in an exit poll?

I’m assuming that all this means that anything from a 3 – 6% estimate is fairly reasonable, until we can find a better gauge… right?

]]> By: Michael Ditto http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/06/01/414/comment-page-1#comment-74 Michael Ditto Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:35:12 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/06/01/414#comment-74 Gay people are 3% of the population. Let's say 2/3 of them would get married if it were legal. By my calculations, assuming gay marriage have no value whatsoever, that makes marriage just about 2% cheaper. Who couldn't live with that? Gay people are 3% of the population. Let’s say 2/3 of them would get married if it were legal.
By my calculations, assuming gay marriage have no value whatsoever, that makes marriage just about 2% cheaper. Who couldn’t live with that?

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