Welcome to Public Opinion Pros An Online Magazine for the Polling Professional (and Everybody Else)-February 2005

	FEATURES Neither An In-Law Nor An Outlaw Be: Trends in Americans’ Attitudes Toward Gay People By Patrick J. Egan and Kenneth Sherrill
	In the wake of the 2004 presidential election, it looks as if the gay and lesbian movement has suddenly fallen terribly out of fashion. (more)
	The Political is Personal: Same-Sex Marriage and the 2004 Presidential Election By Susan Pinkus
	Acceptance only goes so far, and acceptance of same-sex marriage is over the limit for most Americans. (more)
	Charlemagne's Questionnaire: A Little-Known Document from the Very Beginnings of Survey Research ByThomas Petersen
	Why would the King of the Franks and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire take a poll? (more)
	FROM THE FIELD Best Foot Forward: Social Desirability in Telephone vs. Online Surveys By Humphrey Taylor, David Krane, and Randall K. Thomas
	Bias can be very substantial when survey respondents are reluctant to tell a human interviewer the socially undesirable, and possibly embarrassing, truth. (more)
	UP-AND-COMING Future pollsters show their stuff... (more)
	DEPARTMENTS
		From the Editor
		Matthew 7:1-2 By Lisa Ferraro Parmelee
		Op-Ed
		The ABCs of the 2004 Preelection Polls By V. Lance Tarrance, Jr.
		Columns
		Coming next month—Howard Schuman
		Letters to the Editor
		Public Opinion Pros would like to hear from you.
		In Print
		The Pulse of Democracy: The Representatives By Frank Newport
		An excerpt from Polling Matters: Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People