TO YOUTH, GAY MARRIAGE ISN'T SUCH A BIG DEAL: From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

While the debate about same-sex marriages rages from the Oval Office to the kitchen table, young people in Wisconsin are much more apt to accept unions between gay couples than their parents and grandparents.

The TV show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," whose stars are shown above in Los Angeles in September, has helped bring homosexuality into the cultural mainstream.
And those who oppose the proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would ban gay marriage say the move would saddle the younger generation with the change for years to come, even as society seems to grow more tolerant of homosexuality.

A Badger Poll in December showed that 54% of respondents between the ages 18 and 29 said they favor laws that allow homosexual people to marry, compared with 36% of those between 30 and 44, 27% of those between 45 and 59, and 14% of those over 60 years of age. ...

Chalk it up to a generation that grew up in a popular culture steeped with references to--and greater tolerance for--homosexuality. ...

The December Badger Poll, which was taken before the Massachusetts decision, shows that "younger people take a more positive view toward homosexuality," said G. Donald Ferree, Jr., director of the Badger Poll. The poll was conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center and sponsored by the Journal Sentinel and the Capital Times, a Madison newspaper.

Although the same poll showed a strong majority of younger adults are also supportive of amending the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, that apparent quirk wasn't consistent with their overall more-favorable views about same-sex relationships as presented in other questions, Ferree said.

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