Support for Same-Sex Marriage Up in Massachusetts

[struggle4progress]

May 31, 2005

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – More adults in the Bay State support the concept of wedlock for homosexual partners, according to a poll by the University of Massachusetts. 45 per cent of respondents believe same-sex marriage should be allowed, a seven per cent increase since January. <snip>

As you know, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized gay marriage in May 2004. If you had to pick just one of the following positions, which would it be?

May 2005 Jan. 2005

Allow gay marriage, and do not amend the state constitution
45% 38%

Amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage but not civil unions
24% 27%

Amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage and civil unions
14% 12%

It doesn’t matter to me
14% 21%

Source: University of Massachusetts
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 400 Massachusetts adults, conducted from May 2 to May 6, 2005. Margin of error is 5 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=7435

[deadparrot]

1. If only I lived in Massachusetts...

sigh.