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USA: 73% Support LGBT Workplace Protections

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

A new poll commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign finds that 73 percent of 2012 likely voters support President Obama signing an Executive Order that would ban anti-LGBT discrimination by federal contractors.

Support for the protective order remained strong across various demographics, including age, race, education, and political ideology (see word cloud below). As a candidate, Obama committed to signing such an order, but the administration is mum about whether he is currently committed to advancing the issue.

Full Story from Think Progress

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Tags: executive order, gay, lesbian, lgbt, poll, president obama, workplace protections

NC, USA: Amendment One Will Pass Unless Voters Know What’s In It

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

PPP’s newest look at the marriage amendment in North Carolina finds it passing by a wide margin, but also that voters don’t really understand what the ban does and that once they do things get a lot closer.

58% of voters in the state say that they’ll vote yes on Amendment 1, while 38% are opposed to it. Republicans pretty universally support it, 76/20. Democrats are closely divided with 48% in support and 47% opposed. White Democrats are opposed to the proposed ban, but African Americans support it 61/30.

The group most opposed is actually independents, who say they’ll vote against it 55/42. That’s an important commentary on unaffiliated voters beyond this issue- they lean Republican in North Carolina right now because they’re unhappy with the economy, but they’re not hardcore social conservatives. The GOP needs to be careful about going too far out on a limb on social issues if it wants to keep its support with independents.

Full Story from Public Policy Polling

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Tags: amendment one, civil unions, north carolina, poll, public policy polling

MD, USA: 40% Favor Marriage Equality, 43% Oppose It, Poll Says

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Forty percent of Marylanders would vote to legalize same-sex marriage, while 43 percent would vote to make it illegal, a new statewide poll released today by OpinionWorks shows.

The polling firm interviewed 601 randomly selected registered voters across the state of Maryland to respond to the same-sex marriage bill recently signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley, which may be included on the ballot this November if opponents of the law are able to collect enough signatures before deadline.

Just 5 percent of respondents said they would vote on the referendum if it appeared on the ballot — although they were still undecided — while 11 percent claimed they held no opinion or were unlikely to vote on the matter.

Full Story from Think Progress

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USA, NC: New Poll Says 58% Support Amendment One

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

A majority of North Carolinians support a proposed constitutional amendment which would ban gay marriage in the state, a new poll released Wednesday has found.

The poll, commissioned by WRAL News and conducted by SurveyUSA, found that 58 percent of 1,001 likely voters support Amendment One, while 36 percent oppose it and 6 percent said they were undecided.

Voters will decide on the measure during North Carolina’s May 8 presidential primary. If approved, the amendment would bar North Carolina from recognizing the relationships of gay and lesbian couples with marriage, civil unions and possibly domestic partnerships.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Tags: amendment one, gay marriage ban, marriage equality, north carolina, poll

Right Wing Site World Net Daily Touts New “Scientific Poll” on Marriage Equality

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

The right-wing website World Net Daily just released the results of their latest “scientific poll”, this one covering gays and marriage equality. Among the questionable findings:

–20% of the GOP supports marriage equality
–54% oppose lawmakers passing marriage equality laws, and 50% oppose courts overturning state bans
–24% consider gays sinful
–22.3% consider homosexuality aberrant and destructive

Talk about loaded questions!

If you can stand to read it, here’s the link to the WND article: http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/americans-reject-same-sex-marriage-but/?cat_orig=faith

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UK: New Poll Shows 65% Support for Marriage Equality

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

The latest in a line of polls gauging public opinion on the proposed right of gay couples to marry in Britain has found two thirds of the public support it.

Over the weekend, the Populus poll asked a thousand voters in Scotland, England and Wales what they thought of such a move, proposals for which have been formally unveiled as part of a public consultation by the government for England and Wales today.

The majority of those asked in the phone poll agreed with the statement: “Gay couples should have an equal right to get married, not just to have civil partnerships.”

Full Story from Pink News

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New Poll Charts Marriage Equality Support in Australia, Canada, the UK, and The USA

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Australia is leading Britain and the US in its support for the implementation of equal gay marriage rights, a poll released today suggests.

An equal right for gay couples to marry had 49 percent support in Australia, 43 percent support in Britain and 42 percent support in the US, the Angus Reid Public Opinion survey found.

The survey also found that in Canada, where gay couples have been allowed to marry since 2005, a higher proportion of the public, 59 percent, were in favour of keeping that right in place.

Full Story from Pink News

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UK: New Poll Says Half of Tories Oppose Marriage Equality, While 36% Favor It

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

David Cameron’s call for the introduction of same-sex marriage is out of step with Tory voters, according to a new poll.

Half of the party’s supporters are against the move in principle, with just 35% in favour. However, research by ICM for The Sunday Telegraph found the wider public backed it by a margin of 45% to 36%.

Tensions have been rising over the controversial issue since Britain’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, branded the proposal a “grotesque subversion of a universally acknowledged human right”.

Full Story from The Independent

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NC: New Poll Says 54% Oppose Amendment One, 38% Support It

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Hot off the press…news that should shake things up for the fundies trying to “protect” marriage in NC. The trend is moving in the direction of sanity.

A new Elon University Poll released today shows that a majority of North Carolinians oppose Amendment One, a constitutional amendment on the May 8, 2012, North Carolina primary ballot that bans relationship recognition and threatens protections for the state’s unmarried couples. (Demographics/Methodology)

The nonpartisan poll revealed that 54.2% of North Carolinians surveyed either oppose or strongly oppose “an amendment to the constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.” Only 37.8% polled were in any way supportive of Amendment One. The poll also illustrates a dramatic increase in the category of “strong opposition” to this type of amendment from only one year ago, with 34% now voicing strong opposition versus 21.8% in February 2011.

Full Story from Pam’s House Blend

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CO: Did Focus on the Family Cook the Books on Civil Unions Poll?

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Colorado Springs-based Christian-right group Focus on the Family last week submitted to a state Senate committee survey results suggesting that a majority of Coloradans do not support same-sex civil unions. The results of the survey, which was conducted by political marketing firm Advantage Inc, run counter to mounting public-opinion data reported by well-known firms such as Public Policy Polling, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and American Viewpoint.

The Advantage poll was commissioned by Focus political action arm CitizenLink and was delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee by a representative of Catholic Charities during a hearing on a civil unions bill sponsored by Denver Democrat Pat Steadman.

During the hearing, Berthoud Republican Senator Kevin Lundberg cited the survey results to bolster his case against the bill.

Full Story from the Colorado Independent

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