MORE POLLAGE: SSM, CIVIL UNIONS, AND FMA

[Polling Company poll, commissioned by the Home Schoolers Legal Defense Association, of 800 registered voters. Lots of questions, including different versions of a federal marriage amendment.]

...Question: "Traditional marriage between a man and a woman should be protected because it is a cornerstone of our society." (PROBE: And do you strongly or only somewhat agree/disagree?)

81% TOTAL AGREE (NET)
69% STRONGLY AGREE
12% SOMEWHAT AGREE

16% TOTAL DISAGREE (NET)
6% SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
10% STRONGLY DISAGREE

2% DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS/UNSURE (VOLUNTEERED)
1% NEITHER (VOLUNTEERED)
* BOTH (VOLUNTEERED)
* REFUSED (VOLUNTEERED) ...

In fact, a majority of nearly every demographic and psychographic group was opposed to allowing same-sex marriage in their state, including unmarried people (61%), political Independents (59%), Democrats (57%), those who know gay people (64%), and Blacks (78%).

Remarkably, very few people (roughly 4%) volunteered that they are still undecided or ambivalent on this issue, and more than three-quarters of those who did respond (77%) held their opinion "strongly." ...

...Voters in the survey, however, were wary of the civil union "solution." When read descriptions of the California domestic partnership law and the Vermont civil union law, a majority of respondents said in each instance that they would not support the creation of such laws in their own state. ...

It appears that a fair amount of American voters intuit that the issue of marriage is of such commonality, if not importance, that within the current environment, it cannot be handled on a state-by-state basis. In fact, a majority of those surveyed (52%) believe the issue must be addressed at the national level, as opposed to 31% who feel that each state should be free to decide for its own citizenry. ...

A solid majority of voters currently support a federal marriage amendment that simply defines marriage in traditional terms (61% total support/35% total oppose). As demonstrated below, the intensity is remarkable. Twice the number of people strongly support FMA (54%) than strongly oppose it (26%).

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