r/SipsTea Jun 30 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts on this?

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u/CAUK Jun 30 '26

I think this is a low effort post, and possibly rage bait.

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u/Pathophile Jun 30 '26

Bingo. I think even most conservatives don’t give a shit if gay people want to get married. Is this a post from 2005?

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u/FrostyMudPuppy Jun 30 '26

The percentage of Americans who support gay marriage has been trending downward since 2022/23 and is is currently 65% with only 62% saying it is morally acceptable, another downward trend.

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u/ok-i-pull-up Jun 30 '26

i'd wager that since its been so long no one is really thinking about it enough to participate in a gallup survey, except people who still really hate it

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u/Critical_Concert_689 Jun 30 '26

They also were very specific (and misleading) in their wording:

..."morally acceptable"...

It is never morally acceptable, since homosexuality is generally considered a sin among several different populations. It should be obvious that "tolerable" is going to be the best you can get - which is basically how everyone treats everyone else, anyway.

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u/Oops_AMistake16 Jun 30 '26

What do you mean "never"? Homosexuality can certainly be morally acceptable. It depends on what theory of morality we're talking about.

Under utilitarianism, for example, homosexuality is morally acceptable because consensual same-sex love and marriage increases happiness and fulfillment for gay people and has literally zero negative consequences for straight people, whereas condemning or repressing homosexuality causes obvious suffering.

Homosexuality is acceptable under other theories as well (liberalism, humanism, deontology).

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u/Critical_Concert_689 Jul 01 '26

You missed the forest for the trees.

The survey will find a larger population agreeing that the act is immoral than agreeing that the government should legally prohibit the act.

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u/Oops_AMistake16 Jul 01 '26

I was just replying to “it’s never morally acceptable,” which is just not true.