New York Divided On Same-Sex Marriage (NYT poll)

[struggle4progress]

Polling Data

Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry, or gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry, or there should be no legal recognition of a gay couple’s relationship?

Legally marry 32%
Civil unions 32%
No legal recognition 30%
Don’t know 6%

Is it possible you would ever vote for a candidate who does not share your views on the issue of gay marriage, or is the subject so important that you could not vote for a candidate who disagrees with you?

Could 61%
Could not 29%
Don’t know 10%

Source: The New York Times
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,822 New York adults, conducted from Feb. 4 to Feb. 13, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent. <snip>

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6010

[JI7]

1. i think there will be same sex marriage within the next 10 years

[Eric J in MN]

2. In New York? It's already in Massachusetts. (nt)

nt

[LinuxInsurgent]

3. so much for liberal new York..

we can only muster 32% for equal rights...not "seperate but equal" civil unions...

blah!