Same-Sex Marriage: Who Decides -- Calif. voters have, by initiati ve

[Jason Mazzone]

It's here:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/PollVault/PollVault.html

Click on the survey report of March 10, 2004.

Jason Mazzone
Assistant Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
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> 	I took a quick look at what seems like the Mar. 4-7, 2004 ABC
> News/Washington Post survey -- see
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data03
> 0804.htm -- and the question it seemed to ask was whether there should
> be a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, not whether
> same-sex marriage should be legal.
>
> 	Unfortunately, the page doesn't break things down by age, so I
> can't be positive that this is the right survey.  Am I missing something
> here?
>
> 	The most recent poll that I could quickly find that gives the
> question text and breaks down the split, a MSNBC/Newsweek Jan. 2-18,
> 2004 poll that asked "Should same-sex marriages be legal, or not?" of
> "National registered voters age 18-29" gave results of 50-47 in favor,
> but with a 5% margin of error (since there were 350 participants).  See
> NEWS;RPOLL in LEXIS.
>
> 	I tentatively support legalization of same-sex marriage; but I
> don't think there's reason for a premature sense of triumph on the
> subject -- the matter is still quite controversial, seemingly among
> 18-to-29-year-olds as well as among older voters, though I'm obviously
> quite ready to be persuaded otherwise if there's solid polling data to
> the contrary.
>
> 	Eugene
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
>> [mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Jason Mazzone
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:41 AM
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>> Cc: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
>> Subject: Re: Same-Sex Marriage: Who Decides -- Calif. voters
>> have, by initiati ve
>>
>>
>> There are, at least, various polls showing unusually strong
>> support for marriage among young people today. E.g. ABC
>> News/Washington Post national survey on March 7, 2004, 63
>> percent of respondents 18 to 29 say gay marriage should be
>> legal. I don't know if 35 years ago anybody asked 18-29 year
>> olds the same question.
>>
>> Jason Mazzone
>> Assistant Professor of Law
>> Brooklyn Law School
>> 250 Joralemon Street
>> Brooklyn, NY 11201
>> (718) 780-7514 (voice)
>> (718) 780-0394 (fax)
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Is there empirical evidence to support this claim? From time to time
>> when the media  reports such things I had formed
>> > a
>> > vague impression that today's young people  were more restrained in
>> > their expressed views about a broad variety of subjects,
>> especially
>> > in comparison with their parents' generations.
>> >
>> > Jim Henderson
>> > Senior Counsel
>> > ACLJ
>>
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