Poll: Iowa Supports Civil Unions But No Gay Marriage

[WillParkinson]

(Des Moines, Iowa) The majority of Iowa voters support restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples but at the same time are divided on a constitutional amendment to put that in place, and most believe same-sex couples should have the right to have civil unions a new poll shows.

The survey, by the Des Moines Register, found that 62 percent of prospective voters believe marriage should be available only to opposite-sex pairs. But when asked if the state constitution should be amended to block same sex marriage 48 percent said yes while 47 percent said no. Five percent had no opinion.

On the issue of civil unions more than than half of those who responded said they would support the idea. About 40 percent were opposed.

The poll was taken between February 17 and 20 of 801 adults. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points the paper reported.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/03/030308iowa.htm

[CaliforniaDemocrat]

1. no wonder they voted for obama out there!

[Fearless]

4. Hillary would've done the same too remeber... it should've been Kucinich...

The world will never learn.

[qb]

2. They don't want gays to get married? Fine. Civil unions for all - gay & straight.

You want it to be legal... you have to get a civil union. You want to get "married", go find a church.

[Kaufman_Lib]

3. Well said!

[Fearless]

5. Civil Unions = Separate But Equal = Segregation... period.

But at least it's a step in the right direction. With luck people will realize that hell won't freeze over and then just let it pass.

[Tyler Durden]

6. These people want to put FOOD in the gas tank....

Silly is as silly does.

How do people justify restricting some people from doing what other people can do freely? That has always puzzled me.