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Article: Poll: Majority favors law against gay marriage, opposition to civil unions grows
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- AP Worldstream
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- August 18, 2003
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
More than half of Americans favor a law barring gay marriage and specifying
wedlock be between a man and a woman, an Associated Press poll found.
The survey also found presidential candidates could face a backlash
if they support gay marriage or civil unions, which provide gay couples
the legal rights and benefits of marriage.
The poll, conducted for the AP by ICR-International Communications
Research, found 52 percent favor a law banning gay marriages, while
41 percent oppose it.
About four in 10 _ 41 percent _ support allowing civil unions, roughly
the same level found in an AP poll three years ago. But 53 percent
now say they oppose civil ...