70% OF BRITS AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE
A shock survey of 2,000 British people has found that seven out of every 10 believe that marriage should continue to be defined as only being between a man and woman.
The poll, commissioned by the Catholic Voices group and conducted by an independent company, may indicate that the British government could face public opposition to its plans to legalise same-sex marriage.
Fifty-nine percent of the people surveyed, however, backed stable relationships between same-sex couples being legally recognised through the current civil partnership system.
The poll was released at the beginning of an effort by the Catholic Church and other religious groups to mobilise opinion against the government’s plans.
“The results show that most people support the idea of civil partnerships for gay people while being firm that marriage should remain between a man and a woman,” said Austen Ivereigh, Catholic Voices coordinator. “The survey also shows that most people understand marriage to be a conjugal institution, which benefits children above all.”
Surprisingly, the lack of support for same-sex marriage was consistent across age groups. Previous opinions polls had shown that younger people were more in favour of marriage equality.
I am sure this “independent company” was carefully chosen by the “Catholic Voices” group. Even with my doubts about this result, I still do believe that most heterosexual people are against “gay marriage”. I am perfectly happy with civil unions for gay people. No need to ruffle our straight friends’ feathers over semantics. It just creates more homphobia. We just need to guarantee that we get the same rights as married people. Whether they want to call it marriage or civil union or whatever else they come up with, it really doesn’t bother me.
I was thinking the same thing. I mean how else would you explain the “70% disapproval”? As if the “Catholic voices” would have publicized the findings if they were favouring same sex marriages. I think not.
I still believe the state should be indiffrent to the sex of the two people who get married. Should the couple then choose to get the “churches” blessing, then that is not a state issue in its entirety, but an issue to be resolved by the church concerned.