Newest poll results: Majority of Americans support civil unions for lesbian and gay couples
ABC News is reporting that 55 percent of U.S. voters favor allowing same sex couples to form legally recognized civil unions - providing the same rights as heterosexual married couples in health insurance, inheritance and pension coverage.
This is an increase from 45 percent in an ABC/Washington Post poll in 2006. The previous high was 51 percent in 2004.
All leading Democratic presidential candidates support civil unions - and Rudy Giuliani is the only Republican candidate to side with the idea.
The most recent ABC/Post poll also found that more people under 30-years-old support civil unions when compared to seniors.
Support is highest in the East and West - and much lower in the Midwest and South. Caucasians are more likely than African Americans to support civil unions. And women are more favorable towards the idea (59 percent) than men (51 percent, and 47 percent among married men).
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Get the religion out of government.
A state-sanctioned union is called a 'marriage' but it has nothing to do with religious rules. It is merely a business relationship, as there is no punishment for breaking the vows.
If you want a state-sanctioned joining, everyone should get a civil union which allows them all the privileges associated with today's "marriage". If the religious want to inject their god beliefs into it, they can get an additional, non-legally-binding, ceremony at a tax-exempt church. You're welcome.
Agreed, absolutely.
I doubt it'd fly in today's political climate, but it would certainly seem to meet all the major objections based on religious principles (or those using such as a pretext), not to mention preserving the state/church separation.
well said
I wish there was a petition circulating that mirrors your sentiment. I would wait on line indefinately to add my signature. Well said. I hope more people say the same thing!
JUMPING THE BROOM - BUT LEGALLY.
Five nations have it completely and absolutely right (pun intended). Marriage equality is a secular definition. The city clerk's office says Marriage Licenses and not Civil Union Contracts.
Marriage Equality requires the need for one definition where two human beings, of opposite or same sex, contract to marry each other and often decide to raise families. That is the definition of thirty one years, four years of legal marriage not recognized in my nation, and a five year old son together.
Why does anyone expect us to take permanent second tier rights and privileges. Separate but equal is blatant bigotry.
I will accept a civil union contract if every heterosexual surrenders their marriage licenses and certificates and gets one too..... No takers, I thought so...
I support gay marriage
While civil unions aren't the same as marriage, they are a step in the right direction. I feel that gay and lesbian people will soon be able to marry...it may just be a matter of time.
Em
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