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Which of the following statements comes closest to your view-same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry; or same-sex couples should be allowed to legally form civil unions, but not marry; or same-sex couples should not be allowed to either marry or form civil unions?

    MARRY UNION NEITHER NOT SURE/REF.
  ALL 24 38 34 4
           
Sex
  MEN 23 39 36 2
  WOMEN 26 37 31 6
           
Age          
  18-29 44 31 22 3
  30-44 26 39 31 4
  45-64 16 43 36 5
  65+ 10 38 48 4
           
Education
  <COL GRAD 22 35 39 4
  COL GRAD+ 31 46 20 3
           
Income
  <$40K 19 36 41 4
  $40-60K 23 42 30 5
  $60K+ 29 42 27 2
           
Region
  EAST 25 42 30 3
  MIDWEST 29 39 27 5
  SOUTH 13 39 43 4
  WEST 36 33 30 1
           
Location of Home
  CITY 30 40 24 6
  SUBURB 31 43 22 4
  SM/TOWN 20 34 44 2
  RURAL 14 34 50 2
           
Registered to Vote-Nat'l
  REGISTERED 24 38 34 4
           
Party ID
  DEM 36 35 24 5
  IND 27 45 26 2
  REP 6 38 54 2
           
Political Ideology
  LIBERAL 52 34 12 2
  MIDDLE 24 47 24 5
  CONSERV 7 35 54 4
           
Attendance at Religious Services
  WK/MORE 15 31 51 3
  MONTHLY 16 53 27 4
  LESS 26 54 16 4
  NEVER 32 36 27 5
           
Political Ideology by Party ID
  LIB DEMS 55 36 7 2
  NON-LIB DEMS 22 33 39 6
  NON-CONS INDS 38 44 16 2
  CONS IND 8 48 41 3
  NON-CONS REPS 19 50 28 3
  CONS REP 3 35 60 2
           
Party ID by Education
  DEM/<CGRD 30 34 31 5
  DEM/CGRD+ 55 37 6 2
  IND/<CGRD 26 42 29 3
  IND/CGRD+ 30 52 17 1
  REP/<CGRD 7 34 58 1
  REP/CGRD+ 3 48 45 4
           
White Non-Catholic Christians
  WHITENCC 15 36 45 4
           
White Non-Catholic Christian Fundamentalists
  WHNCCFUN 5 25 66 4
           
White Non-Catholic Christians Born-Again
  WNCCBORN 7 31 59 3
           
Non-Catholic Christian Fundamentalist Conservatives
  RELRIGHT 2 21 77 --
           
Sex and Age
  MEN L/44 31 35 33 1
  MEN 45+ 10 46 42 2
  WOM L/44 37 36 21 6
  WOM 45+ 16 38 40 6
           
Sex by Marital Status
  MAR/MEN 18 41 38 3
  SNGL/MEN 30 38 31 1
  MAR/WOM 18 39 35 8
  SNGL/WOM 41 36 20 3

Source: Survey by Los Angeles Times, March 27-30, 2004.

 
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