STUDY: 52% Of Tweets Against SCOTUS Obergefell Ruling Were Religion-Based

An analysis of over 25,000 tweets by Crowdflower in response to the June 26th United States Supreme Court ruling Obergefell v. Hodges striking down state-based bans on same-sex marriage indicate that the majority of opposition is based in religion. Of course, the decision was about civil marriage licensed by the state, not religious marriages but people who believe in a mythical, omnipotent, omniscient "sky god" are not exactly the same group of people to recognize reality or reason.

Other key findings in the CrowdFlower report include:

SUPPORT OUTWEIGHED CRITICISM 4 TO 1 

Although overall Twitter sentiment was 55% positive, 32% neutral, and 13% negative, with neutral tweets excluded, positive opinions outweighed negative opinions 80% to 20%. 

WOMEN WERE MORE SUPPORTIVE THAN MEN 

While 86% of women and 72% of men were in favor of the Supreme Court ruling, 14% of women and 28% of men opposed it. 

THE EAST COAST HAD THE MOST SUPPORTERS 

Massachusetts (96% approval), New Jersey (87.3% approval), and New York (86.8% approval) were most vocal in their support of the Supreme Court ruling. 

SOUTHERN STATES HAD THE MOST OPPONENTS 

Although these three states still had more supporters than detractors, Alabama (50% disapproval), North Carolina (35.1% disapproval), and Virginia (31.5% disapproval) had the most naysayers. 

OVERALL SENTIMENT WAS POSITIVE IN ALL STATES 

For all states with a significant volume of tweets, the majority of sentiment was positive.

Are the heterosexual supremacists in theGOP looking at these numbers? Read 'em and weep! EVERY state was positive:

Boom!