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Same-Sex Marriage Affects Some U.S. Voters

March 04, 2004

(CPOD) Mar. 4, 2004 - American voters tend to disagree with the concept of wedlock for homosexual partners, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. 63 per cent of respondents oppose same-sex marriage, while 30 per cent support it.

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

Massachusetts senator John Kerry --the frontrunner for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination-- supports the notion of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, currently accessible only in the state of Vermont.

The presidential election is scheduled for Nov. 2. 38 per cent of respondents say they would not vote for a candidate who disagrees with them on same-sex marriage.

Polling Data

Do you support or oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?

Support

30%

Oppose

63%

Would you vote for a candidate who disagrees with you about same-sex marriage, if they agree with you on most other issues?

Yes, would vote for candidate

47%

No, would not vote for candidate

38%

Depends / Don't Know

6%

Source: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Methodology: Interviews to 1,500 American adults, conducted from Feb. 11 to Feb. 26, 2004. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

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