{"id":3232,"date":"2009-05-06T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-06T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:01:25","slug":"poll-generational-gap-on-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2009\/05\/poll-generational-gap-on-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Generational gap on gay marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to CNN, a new national poll suggests that a majority of Americans oppose legalizing same sex marriages \u2014 but there&#8217;s a vast generational divide on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-four percent of people questioned in a <strong>CNN\/Opinion Research Corporation<\/strong> poll released Monday say that marriages between gay or lesbian couples should not be recognized as valid, with 44 percent suggests they should be considered legal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2009\/05\/04\/cnn-poll-generational-gap-on-gay-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Among those 18 to 34 years old, 58 percent said same-sex marriages should be legal<\/a>. That number drops to 42 percent among respondents 35 to 49 years old, and to 41 percent for those 50 to 64 years of age. The poll indicates that only 24 percent of Americans 65 and older support recognizing same-sex marriages as valid.<\/p>\n<p>While a majority of those polled oppose legalizing gay marriage, 6 out of 10 feel that states that do not recognize gay marriages should allow civil unions. 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