Survey Says...

... Whatever you want it to say! So last night I was sitting down to a nice dinner of spaghetti and homemade sauce. I have like a bazillion cherry tomato plants in the back yard and I needed to use up the 3 cups of tomatoes that I had collected on Tuesday. The sauce was delicious, just ask Maura she had some too. My delicious sauce is not the point of the story though... During dinner the phone rings. I get up and check the Caller ID and it's some 800 number. Now, I've been having collection agencies call my house for random people lately so I thought it might be a bank. I pick up the phone and am greeted by an automatic message that starts out. "Are you aware of the need for a ban on same-sex marriage?" What a delightful dessert for dinner! I hand the phone to Maura because I've actually already heard the recorded message the last time these people called. From what I can gather they are a "christian" Fundamentalist group that is working for an Indiana state senator who is in support of SJR-7. At any rate, at the end of the recorded message they ask if one wants to take s survey. Maura presses the button to indicate taking a survey and is connected with a real live person. I tried to take the survey last time but when I pressed 1 I was hung up on. Maura freaks out that it's a real person and tells the person she can't take the survey and passes the phone on to me.

Question 1: Do you support same-sex marriage?

I answer, "Yes."

Voice on the other side, "Wha... You support same-sex marriage?"

I respond again, "yes, I do"

Voice on the other side says, "We don't need you for the survey then. Thank you for your time."

This is getting interesting, I think to myself. "No, no, I don't mind taking the survey. I would love to give my input. What's the next question."

"You said you support same-sex marriage you can't take the survey."

"Why not?"

"Because we only want people who support banning same-sex marriage."

"Well, wouldn't that skew the results of the survey? Don't you want a random sampling to better represent your data set?"

"We are only looking for people who do not support same-sex marriage."

Fast forward a little bit. I ask him more about the survey and tell him I am perfectly willing to take the survey. He also mentions that this is a "christian" organization to which I respond I am a Christian and in fact even preach.

"Well, what are you going to use the survey for?" I ask him.

"You obviously didn't listen to the recording. We are going to present the results of the survey to congress to show them how many people are in support of a ban on same-sex marriage."

"Your results will be skewed. Just let me take the survey."

"No. I have already explained to you that you can't. Stop wasting my time." CLICK.

The moral of the story is... people are not even trying to give unbiased information to the public. Never trust a survey presented to you by the "Moral Majority" They are intentionally trying to deceive the public and care not thing for the truth or critical discussion on issues. They are liars of the worst type bent on their evil goals of patriarchy. Down with the "christians!" Now back to writing my sermon