UT/TT Poll: Conditional Support for Same-Sex Unions
Registered Texas voters narrowly oppose same-sex marriage, but a large majority is open to allowing either marriage or civil unions to gays and lesbians, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Asked whether those couples should be allowed to marry, 42 percent say yes and 47 percent say no, the poll found. When civil unions are added to the question, voters are more permissive: 39 percent say they would allow marriage, 28 percent would allow civil unions and 25 percent say they would not allow either sort of formal bond.
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Comments (29)
Bob Warneke via Texas Tribune on Facebook
But you can imagine what this pie-chart would have looked like even just 10 years ago. The good news from this is that the haters will lose over time.
Michael Varela via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Civil liberties are not something we should poll people on.
Renee E. Babcock via Texas Tribune on Facebook
And it still doesn't matter, because DoMA is still unconstitutional, regardless of how many people support it.
Peter A. Ravella via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Constitutional rights are not decided by a popularity contest but a receptivity survey is interesting nonetheless.
Richard Carroll via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The proponents of gay marriage are often much more offensive than gay marriage itself.
John Cobarruvias via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Lets vote on freedom of the press!
Mary Morrison via Texas Tribune on Facebook
If you polled people in Texas on segregation, you might very well get similar numbers, but that wouldn't make segregation okay. That's why we have federal courts -- to protect the basic civil rights of the minority against the majority. Things like voting rights, slavery, segregation, bi-racial marriage and yes, gay marriage must not be voted upon. The People have no say in such matters. What a shame the Tribune doesn't realize that the people have no right to "allow" gay marriage.
Lisa Ahrlett via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You would not get similar results for segregation. That's making a huge, biased ASSumption. And I don't recall seeing marriage defined or specifically mentioned in the constitution like freedom of speech.... if it's not in the constitution, states make the call.
Anna Moseley Osborn via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Texas has more than its share of haters
Jim Coloma via Texas Tribune on Facebook
there is no gay marriage in any religion so how can the state impose new doctrine upon all religion without making its self thee one and only church, a CHURCH POLICE STATE.
Mark Coomes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It is polls like this that I ask, how can you not know? Are you stupid?
John Deike via Texas Tribune on Facebook
hell no
Paul Hughes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Those who support Same-Sex "Marriage" either have not thought it through to its illogical conclusions, or simply have no abiding moral principles.
Edward De La Cruz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Equality is a right, not something to be voted on. Still, that's pretty close, which could actually be good news. On the other hand, I'd say the pie chart may look similar if you polled Texans on civil rights and women's right to vote. Give it a few years and the numbers will be quit different. Texans are far more accepting than this poll would have you believe.
Nancy Martin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The Supreme Court is going to take care of this for us (like civil rights). My guess is it will happen sooner rather than later. Should've happened a long time ago
Jack Frink via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I think it's a conservative polling pool.
Cynthia A. Dolen via Texas Tribune on Facebook
There are plenty of heterosexual marriages that should never been "allowed". OMG, how I despise that judgmental term... SO many sanctimonious people who try to impose their narrow minded views and condescending "morals" on other. MYOB... the only marriage that affects a person, or that they have ANY say in whatsoever, is their own. If John and Mary down the street get married, so what. Why should it make any difference at all if it is John and Martin instead? It doesn't... people should be able to marry the person they love.
Melissa Brazell Geralds via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You can walk on the campus of Big Old Baptist University Baylor and the majority of the students no matter their party affiliation will say "Who cares, it doesnt matter, let them marry, doesnt hurt anyone".Probably ALL major universities in Texas feel this way and likely why college ID's are not accepted as ID when voting. They and their friends are the majority voters of tomorrow ... time is on same sex marriages side.
Patrick McGehearty via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Serious doubts have been raised about the methodology of the Tribute poll. I'm of the opinion that it's polling sample is inherently more affluent and more conservative than the general population of Texas.
Sam Colvin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
A Civil Contract resembles MARRIAGE !! Get it right. God invented marriage. Not people !
Maria Saldana via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Who cares? Private lives should stay private. This country has bigger issues to deal with.
Daniel Grossi via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"Majority" and "42%" don't jive together In the same post.
Alexandra Bonifield via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Don't trust TT polls for anything. Merely 'opinions' and a PR arm for the Republicants
Tony Gutierrez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Allot of ignorance here in my home state. :(
Richard Weed
I really wish someone had outlawed hetero marriage about 19 years, 262 days, 8 hours, 12 minutes and 32.745 seconds ago.
Saul Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yea well, we've seen how inaccurate Texas Tribune polls are.
Cecilia Bland Ruff via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We live in Texas....did not get polled and we are for it.
So much for poll accuracy.
Cathy C. Courtney via Texas Tribune on Facebook
http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/double-voters/index.html
Charles McCain
Texas again trailing behind most everyone else. Except for Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana of course. So much to be proud of. Thanks baptist hypocrites. Just secede already. Not needed or wanted.