Nate Silver finds an, ah, silver lining in a recent same-sex marriage poll

The blogosphere's favorite numbers cruncher digs an interesting stat out of recent Gallup poll. If you ask people about same-sex marriage in a certain way, you get a positive response.

When USA Today asks whether gay marriage is a private decision, or rather whether government has the right to pass laws which regulate it, 63 percent say it's a private decision. This contrasts significantly with all other polling on gay marriage.