Republican governor Jan Brewer made the right choice — for whatever reason — in vetoing SB-1062, the anti-gay so-called “religious freedom” bill that had the nation on edge last week. A new poll finds that just one out of five Arizonans (22 percent) supported the bill, while 66 percent opposed it. The poll, conducted by PPP, also finds the majority of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans opposed the bill, and 72 percent — almost three out of four Arizonans — supported her veto of the legislation.
Even more fascinating, almost the majority of Arizonans now say they support same-sex marriage — could the hostility of SB-1062 have played a role?
49 percent of Arizonans say they now support the right of same-sex couples to marry, and 41 percent are opposed, “a net 9 [points] movement in favor of gay marriage in the state since November of 2011 when there was 44/45 opposition to it,” PPP reports.
Voters under the age of 45 support it 55/36 with seniors the only age group against it at this point. 77% of Arizonans support at least civil union for same sex couples, including 69% of Republicans, with only 19% opposed to any form of legal recognition at all.
Nine points of support in less than three years — not bad.