BC overwhelmingly supports same sex marriage

[BigGunner]

So, while Stephen Harper tries to score some political milage out of the same-sex marriage issue, back in BC (where the Conservatives have their single largest contingent of MP's from) the very issue of same sex marriage could actually hurt the conservatives.

Mustel Group did a poll on the issue for BC and its numbers suggest that in every age group.

overall...56% support, 39% oppose, 5% don't know...

read the poll for yourself --> Mustel Group poll

[Stoker]

So, while Stephen Harper tries to score some political milage out of the same-sex marriage issue, back in BC (where the Conservatives have their single largest contingent of MP's from) the very issue of same sex marriage could actually hurt the conservatives.

Mustel Group did a poll on the issue for BC and its numbers suggest that in every age group.

overall...56% support, 39% oppose, 5% don't know...

read the poll for yourself --> Mustel Group poll

How does that translate into seats though..........What percentage of British Columbians live within the lower mainland and Southern Vancouver Island? How many seats do the Cons hold in the two major urdan ridings?

IOW the majority of Vancouverites are in favour of SSM..........

What a shock.......there goes the Cons Chances in Burnaby Douglas...........

[B. Max]

So, while Stephen Harper tries to score some political milage out of the same-sex marriage issue, back in BC (where the Conservatives have their single largest contingent of MP's from) the very issue of same sex marriage could actually hurt the conservatives.

Mustel Group did a poll on the issue for BC and its numbers suggest that in every age group.

overall...56% support, 39% oppose, 5% don't know...

read the poll for yourself --> Mustel Group poll

That doesn't look like overwhelming support to me, but i wouldn't be surprised if the poll was conducted in sin city. A city with a city run drug house where they are now looking at even buying the addicts their drugs with taxpayers money.

[BigGunner]

So, while Stephen Harper tries to score some political milage out of the same-sex marriage issue, back in BC (where the Conservatives have their single largest contingent of MP's from)  the very issue of same sex marriage could actually hurt the conservatives.

Mustel Group did a poll on the issue for BC and its numbers suggest that in every age group.

overall...56% support, 39% oppose, 5% don't know...

read the poll for yourself --> Mustel Group poll

That doesn't look like overwhelming support to me, but i wouldn't be surprised if the poll was conducted in sin city. A city with a city run drug house where they are now looking at even buying the addicts their drugs with taxpayers money.

If you would like to challenge the scientific accuracy of the Mustel Group polling, feel free. They are a well established polling company with a good reputation, and even though the company has a conservative slant on many issues, its numbers are generally accurate.

But, for your curiosity, BC's 4 million people are broken into the following demographics..

- 2.5 million in all of greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley

- 750 thousand on Vancouver Island

- 750 thousand in the interior, north, cariboo, okanagan, etc.

Any polling firm would be obligated to ask citizens based on the regional facts of BC. But since you brought up the downtown east sides drug problems and such, how many of them do you think have phones to answer a poll with?

Oh, and I would consider a 17 point advantage VERY significant.

[willy]

17 point advantage VERY significant

The poll is probably accurate but advantage is really based on the eye of the beholder.

And for us in BC we have many issues. As I go into the polls I will be thinking of the lack of trust I have in our government. SSM will pass in the spring and we will move on.

[B. Max]

So, while Stephen Harper tries to score some political milage out of the same-sex marriage issue, back in BC (where the Conservatives have their single largest contingent of MP's from)  the very issue of same sex marriage could actually hurt the conservatives.

Mustel Group did a poll on the issue for BC and its numbers suggest that in every age group.

overall...56% support, 39% oppose, 5% don't know...

read the poll for yourself --> Mustel Group poll

That doesn't look like overwhelming support to me, but i wouldn't be surprised if the poll was conducted in sin city. A city with a city run drug house where they are now looking at even buying the addicts their drugs with taxpayers money.

If you would like to challenge the scientific accuracy of the Mustel Group polling, feel free. They are a well established polling company with a good reputation, and even though the company has a conservative slant on many issues, its numbers are generally accurate.

But, for your curiosity, BC's 4 million people are broken into the following demographics..

- 2.5 million in all of greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley

- 750 thousand on Vancouver Island

- 750 thousand in the interior, north, cariboo, okanagan, etc.

Any polling firm would be obligated to ask citizens based on the regional facts of BC. But since you brought up the downtown east sides drug problems and such, how many of them do you think have phones to answer a poll with?

Oh, and I would consider a 17 point advantage VERY significant.

So 17% more can't tell right from wrong. Like i said, i wouldn't be surprised something like that would come from sin city.

[I Miss Trudeau]

A city with a city run drug house where they are now looking at even buying the addicts their drugs with taxpayers money.

By all means, lets keep throwing good (taxpayers) money after bad (taxpayers) money in the good old fashioned way. Sure, its more expensive than any other conceivable option, and completely fails to address or solve the problem, but it sure makes us feel and warm and fuzzy and moral inside to see people hauled off to jail for an addiction. And the best thing is, we get to see the same people hauled off to jail again after they are released, due to the abject failure of our current system.

No, lets not try anything new. This is simply too good.

[BigGunner]

So 17% more can't tell right from wrong. Like i said, i wouldn't be surprised something like that would come from sin city.

Spare me your argument over right vs. wrong. It is not up to the government to legislate morality anyway. If we open that door and let gov't send in the Republican Sex Police, we're no different than Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia.

Unless you had your head in the sand over this issue, the Liberal gov't went as far as exempting churches from performing same sex marriages...keeping in line with the notion of separation of church and state.

[Slavik44]

In the Federal election last year, the CPC scored 36% of the popular vote in B.C, 36-40% of the vote is all that is needed in B.C to take the majority of the seats, seeing as how 39% are opposed to SSM in B.C, I fail to see how this is really harming the CPC, it's right with in its pre-established boundries, no big deal.