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South Dakotans For Same-Sex Amendment

April 07, 2004

Credit:Mario Fabretto (FOTW Flags Of The World website at flagspot.net)

(CPOD) Apr. 7, 2004 - Many South Dakotans want to modify the United States Constitution to ban wedlock for same-sex partners, according to a poll by Zogby International released by KOTA-TV. 63.2 per cent of respondents support an amendment that would define marriage as the union between a man and a woman, while 31.8 per cent disagree.

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

Marriage certificates have been issued to same-sex couples in the states of California, Oregon, New Mexico and New York. This past November, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state's constitution must offer gay and lesbian partners the possibility of getting married.

Polling Data

Do you support or oppose an amendment to the U.S. constitution that would recognize marriage as between one man and one woman and would outlaw same-sex marriage?

Support

63.2%

Oppose

31.8%

Source: Zogby International / KOTA-TV
Methodology: Interviews to 501 likely South Dakota voters, conducted on Mar. 27 and Mar. 28, 2004. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.

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