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Uruguayans Oppose Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The majority of people in Uruguay are not open to allowing same-sex couples to adopt children, according to a poll by Equipos MORI. 53 per cent of respondents oppose adoption by couples of the same sex, while 39 per cent support it.
Tabaré Vázquez—nominee for the left-wing Progressive Encounter - Broad Front (EP-FA)—won the October 2004 election with 50.45 per cent of the vote, becoming the first Uruguayan president to represent a political organization other than the National Party-Whites (PN-B) and the Red Party (PC). Vázquez officially took over in March 2005, and began his government with majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Senators.
Last year, lawmakers legalized same-sex unions, but marriage between two people of the same sex remains banned in Uruguay.
In September, Uruguay became the first Latin American country to approve a law that will allow same-sex couples to adopt children. Homosexuals and lesbians were already allowed to legally adopt a kid individually, but not as a couple.
Eber Da Rosa—a senator with the opposition conservative National Party (PN)—said that his group could reverse the adoption law if it wins power in this month’s elections, saying that same-sex couples are not apt to raise children "because the father and the mother provide the two key role models" in childhood.
Uruguay will hold presidential and legislative elections on Oct. 25.
Polling Data
Do you agree or disagree with allowing same-sex couples to adopt children?
|
Agree |
39% |
|
Disagree |
53% |
|
Not sure |
8% |
Source: Equipos MORI
Methodology: Interviews with 900 Uruguayan adults, conducted from Aug. 19 to Aug. 26, 2009. No margin of error was provided.