Poll: Young Iowans Show Strong Support For Gays
Poll: Young Iowans Show Strong Support For Gays. A University of Iowa poll taken last week shows “60 percent of Iowans under age 30 support gay marriage, and three-fourths of Iowans under 30 favor some formal recognition of gay relationships….Gay marriage is supported by 57.8 percent of Iowans under age 30. Another 17.2 percent oppose gay marriage but support civil unions. Only 15.6 percent oppose legal recognition of same-sex relationships, while 9.4 percent reported no preference.” Overall, only a third of Iowans oppose gay marriage and civil unions…30.4 percent of Iowans favor accepting a ruling to allow gay marriage. One-fourth support the creation of civil unions as an acceptable alternative. One-third believe the Iowa Constitution should be amended to ban any same-sex relationship.”
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