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Article: AMERICAN VOTERS OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY NATIONAL POLL FINDS, BUT THEY DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT TO BAN IT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 17, 2008
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Quinnipiac University Polling Institute has issued the following news release:
American voters oppose same-sex marriage 55 - 36 percent, but they don't want government to get involved in banning the practice, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Democrats support same-sex marriage by a narrow 47 - 43 percent margin, while Republicans oppose it 80 - 14 percent and independent voters oppose it 49 - 43 percent.
Women oppose same-sex marriage 51 - 40 percent and men oppose it 61 - 31 percent.
Voters also say 50 - 44 percent that states should not give legal recognition to same-sex marriages performed in other states, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) ...