The assumption is not that people were privately in favor of legalizing gay marriage but that most of them didn't really have an opinion, never having thought seriously about the issue, so expressed what they saw as the respectable view of the subject. I think Albatross makes that pretty clear.
The assumption is not that people were privately in favor of legalizing gay marriage but that most of them didn't really have an opinion, never having thought seriously about the issue, so expressed what they saw as the respectable view of the subject. I think Albatross makes that pretty clear.
If they didn't have an opinion (or preference), what exactly was "falsified" (i.e. misrepresented)? The very concept of "preference falsification" assumes that there is a private belief/preference that is being altered for public consumption.
Albatross' claim was not so much that they did not hold a (pro-gay marriage) belief; rather, it was more that the belief wasn't deeply-thought-out. The claim concerns *how* the belief was formed, not whether there was a belief or not.
This is why I stated government encroachment above, It's in Lady Liberty's nature to not bother others, if they're not bothering you. If they had attempted to FORCE churches to perform gay marriage ceremonies, it would have been a bloodbath.
The assumption is not that people were privately in favor of legalizing gay marriage but that most of them didn't really have an opinion, never having thought seriously about the issue, so expressed what they saw as the respectable view of the subject. I think Albatross makes that pretty clear.
If they didn't have an opinion (or preference), what exactly was "falsified" (i.e. misrepresented)? The very concept of "preference falsification" assumes that there is a private belief/preference that is being altered for public consumption.
Claiming to hold a belief when you really don't is also a form of falsification.
Albatross' claim was not so much that they did not hold a (pro-gay marriage) belief; rather, it was more that the belief wasn't deeply-thought-out. The claim concerns *how* the belief was formed, not whether there was a belief or not.
This is why I stated government encroachment above, It's in Lady Liberty's nature to not bother others, if they're not bothering you. If they had attempted to FORCE churches to perform gay marriage ceremonies, it would have been a bloodbath.