Forty-four percent said they believed that same-sex couples should be permitted to get married, compared with 28 percent of the public at large. . . . The findings on gay marriage were reminiscent of an exit poll on Election Day 2004: 41 percent of 18-to-29-year-old voters said gay couples should be permitted to legally marry, according to the exit poll. Their views on abortion mirror those of the public at large: 24 percent said it should not be permitted at all, while 38 percent said it should be made available but with greater restrictions. Thirty-seven percent said it should be generally available.

In Sully's world, 44% approving gay marriage constitutes "hav[ing] no problem with gay dignity and equality" but 37% saying abortion "should be generally available" (and 38% saying abortion should be available but with restrictions, which is what Roe allows for) reflects "moral conflicts."

This is, of course, ridiculous. Sully, as most of us do, rightly wants gay dignity and equality, including the right for gays to marry if they choose. On the other hand, Sullivan is personally "morally conflicted" about abortion.

So what does Sully do? He distorts poll results to agree with him. Sorry Sully, they don't. 44% approval means more than half do not approve of gay marriage. I wish it were otherwise. Apparently, they are "morally conflicted" on the issue.

Perhaps inadvertently, 65% support, at a minimum, Roe v. Wade. To wit, there is much less "moral conflict" regarding the right to chooose than there is for gay marriage.

Sully demonstrates the typical reaction to polls by pundits - they read into them the views they want them to say.