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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I commented earlier in this thread that I'm quite suprised #1 is ahead of #3 by such a large margin. I knew the mood of the forum has decidedly shifted to being pro-gay marriage in recent years, but I remember posting about this topic in 2004-05 when Harper's Conservatives opposed Paul Martin's Liberals when Parliament debated SSM legislation. At that time, I felt like one of only a very small number of posters in favour of granting full marriage rights to homosexuals. I suppose it's possible that CP has seen many new members who have more progressive views register since then (most/all of whom would have voted #1), but I'm really shocked that #3 doesn't have more votes considering the opposition to allowing SSM that once existed on this forum.
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This forum has been fairly moderate for quite some time.
A poll was done 2 years ago in this thread:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=92456
And only 18% of CP respondents were against it at that point. More surprisingly, compared to this threads poll, was that it had nearly 600 respondents with 108 of the votes voted against.
Here is a
CP thread from nearly 8 years ago. Amusing to read, but still, the majority of the comments were in support of gay marriage even then (since I voted #3, that would've been close to the time when my mind was changed but not sure where exactly I would've come down on).