(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The vast majority of people in Guatemala oppose the notion of allowing homosexuals to marry, according to a poll by Cid-Gallup. 85 per cent of respondents disagree with same-sex marriage.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The vast majority of people in Guatemala oppose the notion of allowing homosexuals to marry, according to a poll by Cid-Gallup. 85 per cent of respondents disagree with same-sex marriage.
Homosexuality was considered as a crime in Guatemala until 1871. The country does not currently convey any sort of legal recognition to same-sex partnerships.
Guatemalan voters elected a new president in November 2007. Final results gave Álvaro Colom of the left-leaning National Union of Hope (UNE) 52.82 per cent of the vote. His run-off contender, Otto Pérez Molina of the right-leaning Patriot Party (PP), finished second with 47.18 per cent of all cast ballots. Colom was sworn in as president in January 2008.
During his campaign, Colom rejected calls to review the issue of the legal status of same-sex couples, saying, "God said Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve."
Same-sex marriage is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Iceland. At least 24 countries offer some form of legal recognition to same-sex unions.
Polling Data
Do you agree or disagree with allowing homosexual couples to get married, just like heterosexual couples do?
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Agree
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12%
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Disagree
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85%
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Not sure
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3%
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Source: Cid-Gallup
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Guatemalan adults, conducted from Jun. 7 to Jun. 17, 2010. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.
