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Poll: Young adults back gay marriages
By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY
Most Americans oppose marriage between same-sex couples, but a majority of
young adults think such unions should be recognized by the law, according to a
USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll released Monday. (<A HREF="http://usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/0630.htm">Poll results</A>)
Of those polled over the weekend, 55% said same-sex marriages should not be
recognized with the same rights as traditional marriages between a man and a
woman, while 39% said they should be valid.
When the same question was asked in March 1996, 68% said homosexual marriages
should not be recognized by law, while 27% believed they should.
The latest survey, taken Friday through Sunday, has a margin of error of 3
percentage points. It comes on the heels of Thursday's Supreme Court decision
that invalidated anti-sodomy laws in 13 states and was viewed as a major gain
for gay men and lesbians.
Two weeks ago in Canada, Ontario's highest court struck down that nation's
ban on same-sex marriages, and Canada is expected to extend the ruling to all
provinces. A Canadian poll June 10-12 found that 54% of respondents supported
same-sex marriages while 44% were opposed. In the latest U.S. poll, approval of
same-sex marriage varies by age and region:
• 61% of those age 18-29 said homosexual marriages should be valid, while
only 37% of those age 30-49 felt the same.
• 53% of respondents in the West said such unions should be recognized
legally, as compared with 38% in the East. In the South, 32% said same-sex marriages
should be valid; in the Midwest, 36%.
"Twenty years ago this issue wasn't even in the consciousness of the
overwhelming majority of Americans," says John D'Emilio of the Gender and Women's
Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "And now to have
virtually two out of five Americans say 'yes,' that's very significant." But he says
there will be a slow shift on the issue: "I don't believe it's something that
will happen soon."
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