Majority say Gay Marriage Very or somewhat important in deternining vote

[ringmastery]

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-07-2004/0002105043&EDATE=

Fifty-four percent of registered voters say the issue of gay marriage will
be either very important (22%) or somewhat important (32%) in determining
their vote for president this year. Twenty percent say it won't be too
important and 21 percent say it's not at all important. Thirty-eight percent
say Bush comes closer to reflecting their own views on gay marriage, while
29 percent say Kerry does.

[I Hate Republicans]

1. Wow..

38% of Americans are idiots. :-(

[LiberalVoice]

3. I hate to break it to ya...

But alot more then 38% of Americans are Idiots.

Shit, I'd be happy if 38% weren't idiots.

[ringmastery]

6. Read the rest of the poll - a lot more than 38% are idiots

Meanwhile, following the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ruling
last week that its landmark decision in support of gay marriage meant full
marriage rights and not civil unions, almost half (45%) of Americans say
efforts to protect the rights of gays and lesbians have gone too far; 25
percent say more effort is needed, 22 percent say the right amount of effort
has been made. Fifty-eight percent of Americans says there should not be
legally-sanctioned gay marriages (33% disagree), while 51 percent say there
should not be legally-sanctioned gay and lesbian unions or partnerships
(40% disagree).
Americans, however, are more deeply and more evenly divided on whether
they support an amendment to the Constitution. Forty-seven percent say they
would favor a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in all states,
with 45 percent opposing it. (Of those numbers 43% would strongly favor it,
while 35% would strongly oppose it).
Despite their views on gay marriage, Americans are almost evenly split on
whether gays and lesbians should have the right to legally adopt children;
47 percent say they should not, while 45 percent disagree. When it comes to
economic issues, a large majority (60%) says gay spouses should have health
insurance and other employee benefits (33% disagree). Sixty percent also say
gay spouses should have inheritance rights (30% disagree) and 55 percent say
they should have social security benefits (36% disagree). An overwhelming
majority of Americans (87%) says that there should be equal rights for gays
and lesbians in terms of job opportunities (10% disagree) and 60 percent say
gays and lesbians should be able to openly serve in the military (29%
disagree).

[jpgray]

2. "Somewhat" important quite different from "very" important

As in "dealbreaker", "not dealbreaker".

[BayCityProgressive]

4. also...

many people whosaid that it is a issue are pro gay I am sure.

[jpgray]

5. Of course. (nt)