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Poll: Americans split by age, region on gay marriage
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 15, 2005 11:08pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Monday, May 16, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | May 15, 2005
BOSTON -- Half of Americans polled say they don't want their states to recognize Massachusetts gay marriages and disapprove of same-sex couples getting married, according to a nationwide survey conducted by The Boston Globe.
According to the poll, 50 percent of Americans say Massachusetts gay marriages should not be recognized in their state, with 46 percent saying they should be recognized.
Massachusetts began granting same-sex marriage licenses a year ago, six months after a landmark decision by the state Supreme Judicial Court declaring the state could not bar same-sex couples from being married.
Among those polled, 50 percent said they disapproved of gay and lesbian couples getting married, while 37 percent said they approved and 11 percent said they were neutral on the issue.
But 46 percent said they backed civil unions that would provide gay couples with "some, but not all of the legal rights of married couples," while 41 percent said they were opposed.
The poll of 760 randomly selected adults conducted May 4-9 by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center has a margin of error of 3.6 percent.
Americans older than 65, Republicans, Protestants, regular churchgoers and Southerners were more likely to oppose gay marriage, while those under 35, Democrats and people who do not attend worship services or attend sporadically were more likely to support gay marriage. Respondents in states won by President Bush in the 2004 election were more likely to be opposed to gay marriage, while those in states won by Sen. John Kerry were more likely to support it. |
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