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Monday, July 31, 2006

Gay 'marriage' ban backed, poll finds

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RICHMOND -- A proposed constitutional ban in Virginia on same-sex "marriage" has broad public support heading into the fall referendum, according to a statewide poll.

Asked how they would vote on a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to the union of one man and one woman, 56 percent said they would support it and 38 percent said they were opposed. Six percent were undecided.

Virginia is one of at least six states voting on a constitutional ban on same-sex "marriage" this fall. Voters in 20 states have approved such amendments, most of them overwhelmingly. Twenty-five other states forbid same-sex "marriage" by statutes.

The telephone poll of 625 randomly selected registered voters likely to take part in the Nov. 7 referendum was conducted last Tuesday to Thursday by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. in the District.

The survey had a margin of error of four percentage points.

Supporters of the amendment made up a clear majority in every region of the state except the D.C. suburbs, where 48 percent were against the amendment, 44 percent supported it, and 8 percent were undecided, the poll shows.

Among respondents who identified themselves as Republicans, 82 percent support the amendment, and among Democratic voters, 27 percent said they support it.

Support for the amendment was strongest among men.

Sixty-one percent of the men surveyed backed the measure, with 3 percent undecided, compared with 51 percent of women, with 9 percent undecided.

Because pollsters did not read respondents the entire question that will appear on the ballot, opponents say the poll is flawed. Those surveyed heard only the first sentence of the ballot question.

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