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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Mass. Residents Back Court On Gay Marriage
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(CPOD) Nov. 24, 2003 - Many residents of Massachusetts side with their judicial court on a controversial ruling, according to a poll by KRC Communications Research released by the Boston Globe and WBZ-TV. 50 per cent of respondents agree with the recent decision on same-sex couples.
On Nov. 18, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state's constitution must offer gay and lesbian couples the possibility of getting married. In the United States, legal status to same-sex partners is offered --in the form of a civil union-- only in the state of Vermont.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Texas' sodomy law earlier this year, in what was considered a major victory for gay rights advocates.
Polling Data
Do you agree or disagree with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ruling on same-sex marriage?
Agree | 50% |
Disagree | 38% |
Source: KRC Communications Research / The Boston Globe / WBZ-TV
Methodology: Interviews to 400 Massachusetts residents, conducted on Nov. 19 and Nov. 20, 2003. Margin of error is 5 per cent.