March 10, 2004

Abstract: (CPOD) Mar. 10, 2004 - Many residents of Florida are opposed to same-sex marriage, according to a poll by Schroth & Associates and the polling company published in the Miami Herald and the St. Petersburg Times. 65 per cent of respondents reject wedlock for homosexual partners.

(CPOD) Mar. 10, 2004 - Many residents of Florida are opposed to same-sex marriage, according to a poll by Schroth & Associates and the polling company published in the Miami Herald and the St. Petersburg Times. 65 per cent of respondents reject wedlock for homosexual partners.

On Feb. 24, president George W. Bush asked the U.S. Congress to enact a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union between a man and a woman.

Existing regulations regarding constitutional amendments establish a two-step process. First, two-thirds of members in both the House of Representatives and the Senate --or two thirds of the country's state legislatures-- must vote to request the change. In order for the amendment to be ratified, it must be approved by 38 of the country's 50 state legislatures.

Local governments in the states of California, Oregon and New Jersey have issued marriage licenses over the past few weeks to gay and lesbian partners.

Polling Data

Do you support or oppose same-sex marriage?

Support	27%
Oppose	65%

Source: Schroth & Associates / the polling company / The Miami Herald / The St. Petersburg Times
Methodology: Interviews to 800 likely Florida voters, conducted on Mar. 3 and Mar. 4, 2004. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.