Most Still Oppose Gay Marriage, but Support for Civil Unions Continues to Rise
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, October 9, 2009, online edition
"A clear majority of Americans (57%) favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements with each other that would give them many of the same rights as married couples, a status commonly known as civil unions. This finding marks a slight uptick in support for civil unions and appears to continue a significant long-term trend since the question was first asked in Pew Research Center surveys in 2003, when support for civil unions stood at 45%."
Go to the report at:
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1375/gay-marriage-civil-unions-opinion
E29/05-09, Posted December 22, 2009
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