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SAME-SEX MARRIAGECANADIAN POLLS DURING 2006
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 | Question 1: "One Year Ago, Parliament Voted To Give Same-Sex
Couples Across Canada The Same Right To Civil Marriage As Opposite-Sex
Couples. Should The Conservative Government Re-Open This Issue And Have
Another Vote On This Or Do You Consider This Matter To Be Settled So There
Should Not Be Another Vote?"
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| Only 38% of Conservative Party voters favored reopening the issue; 52%
were opposed. | ||||||||||||
| Question 2: "In principle, do you strongly agree, somewhat agree
or somewhat disagree or strongly disagree that same-sex couples should have
the same right to civil marriage as opposite-sex couples?"
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| Among Conservative Party voters, 48% agreed with marriage equality; 47% disagreed. | ||||||||||||
| Among Liberal Party voters, 67% agreed with marriage equality; 26% disagreed. 1 |
These are truly remarkably large and rapid changes since SSM became available across Canada in 2005-OCT.
Derek Leebosh of Environics said:
"This latest polling demonstrates that overall opposition to equal marriage has declined since passage of the federal legislation. In addition, the strength of the opposition that remains has also fallen and this drop was even more pronounced among Conservative voters, where strong opponents have fallen from 46% to 35." 2
Laurie Arron, National Coordinator of Canadians for Equal Marriage, who commissioned the poll, said:
"These polls confirm what we already knew – that 2/3 of Canadians consider the matter settled and want to move on. While equality for minority groups should never be subject to the tyranny of the majority, it’s encouraging that so many Canadians, and so many Conservative voters, are against having another vote."
“With many same-sex couples celebrating their third anniversary this month, I think it’s obvious to Canadians that equal marriage hasn’t hurt anyone. There’s simply no reason to re-open this divisive debate." 2
Poll data was collected between 2006-MAY-25 and JUN-02. The survey sampled the opinion of 2001 randomly selected Canadian adults. The margin of error is ±2.1%
Related essays in this web site include:
| Information about Canadian polls on other les/gay topics |
| Canadian legislation and court battles about same-sex marriage and civil unions |
References:
- "Canadians for Equal Marriage June 2006," Press Release, Environics Research Group, at: http://erg.environics.net/
- "Environics Poll: Opposition to equal marriage falls sharply; Canadians are more than 2 to 1 against re-opening," Canadians for Equal Marriage, 2006-JUN-19, at: http://www.equal-marriage.ca/
Copyright © 2006 by Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally published: 2006-JUN-30
Latest update: 2006-JUN-30
Author: B.A. Robinson
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