A new study has found that terminology and efforts to frame an issue -- often effective in influencing public opinion -- have no effect on public opinion concerning the ongoing debate in the US over legalizing same-sex marriage. Beliefs and values held sway, not rhetoric, such as the use of "same-sex couple" instead of "homosexual couple" or using the term "civil rights" instead of "gay rights."

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