Report: Poll Shows Marylanders Support Same Sex Marriage
A newly released Washington Post poll shows residents favor upholding the same sex marriage law.
A Washington Post poll found that 52 percent of likely Maryland voters would uphold the state law allowing same-sex marriages, while 43 percent would vote against upholding it. If approved, the law will go into effect next year.
Same-sex marriage won a narrow legislative approval earlier this year, but opponents petitioned to have a referendum placed on the November ballot—Question 6.
The Post poll, which telephoned 1,106 Maryland adults, found likely voters divided on the issue by race, region and political party:
- White voters support gay marriage 56 percent to 39 percent
- African Americans are against the measure 53 percent to 42 percent
- 76 percent of white Democrats support same-sex marriage, while 40 percent of black Democrats support it.
- Republicans oppose the issue 2 to 1
- In Montgomery County 65 percent of likely voters support the measure, 31 percent oppose it
- In Prince George's County 54 percent are opposed to it, 43 percent in favor
- Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel and Howard counties tilt in favor
In September, Gonzales Research, an Annapolis polling firm, found similar results in its poll. The firm polled 813 registered voters across the state and found that 51 percent of likely voters would support Question 6, while 43 percent were against it.
If the measure is approved, Maryland would become the seventh U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage. The other six are Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Washington D.C. has also legalized same-sex marriage.
In addition, voters in Maine and Washington state will vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in November.
Will you support Question 6 to legalize same-sex marriage in November? Tell us in comments or vote in our poll.
Zak
11:22 am on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Maryland would be the 7th state...
"If the measure is approved, Maryland would become the sixth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage. The other five are Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Washington D.C. has also legalized same-sex marriage."
Connecticut
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Vermont...
That's 6 states
Andrew Metcalf
12:41 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Thanks Zak, my bad, was counting D.C. before, which is not a state, much to their chagrin, then messed up my count. Fixed. - AJ
Native
1:30 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
What a shame.....
SOUTHWESTMINSTER
1:44 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Why is that?
Michael
8:15 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Question: If gay marriage is going to be legal, why not polygamy? In a polygamous family, people can embrace the spiritual and emotional joy of being in a committed relationship with more than one person. And, the children of that family unit would have multiple parents to help guide their lives. I would think the polygamous family structure would be optimal in other ways, too. One or more parents could manage the home, and provide child care, while the other two or three worked to provide a higher aggregate family income. It seems like the perfect scenario, especially in hard economic times. Yet polygamy is outlawed in the U.S. Why? And why should laws be established to recognize gay marriage but not polygamy?
Brook Hubbard
12:14 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
Probably because polygamy would lead to all sorts of questions of financial problems. If everyone is allowed to have multiple spouses, what happens when you have X married to Y and Z, but Z is married to A, B, and C... and B is married to Y, M, and N... etc, etc. Who claims who on their taxes? Who counts as the primary benefactor in a web of marriages like that?
By keeping civil marriage between two individuals, things are easier to figure out in these situations.
Buck Harmon
8:13 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
The income tax is illegal anyway, fix that lie and consider polygamy...the pros outweigh the cons if our country must head into a new direction.
Fix the fed....fix the Country..
Shawn
7:35 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
By "fix the fed" I assume you mean abolish the fed, as the only fix to the federal reserve fractional reserve monetary system is to eliminate it entirely. Twice in the history of the United States, central banks have come and gone. The precedence has been set, and eliminating the federal reserve is the only way to rid the once great United States of America from the financial cancer that is eating it alive.
Ckuhnspi
9:57 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Polygamy should be legal it's in the bible!
Ckuhnspi
9:58 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Bible bible and Koran.
JoeEldersburg
11:14 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Perhaps if Romney is elected, he will rectify this situation, as afterall polygamy is at the root of his Latter Day Saints faith, even if some of its sects don't practice it anymore.
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Michael
7:18 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
It's possible that the polygamy tax question may be easy to solve....incorporate the family. Anyone working outside the family unit can have their employer hire them as a corporation, not as an individual....or perhaps work as an incorporated 1099 sub-contractor. This might also solve the legalities involved in a divorce or death of a corporate member since "severance" contracts can be signed by beforehand. It may not be all that complicated.
Rick Jones
8:10 am on Monday, October 22, 2012
The Question 6 referendum petition states that "clergy is protected from having to perform any marriage ceremony in violation of their religious beliefs". This is a half truth as can be seen by reading House Bill 438 the "Civil Marriage Protection Act", the actual Bill to which the referendum applies.
Section 3.a. states
" .... a religious organization.....may not be required to provide services...if the request for the services...is related to
3.a.1..."the solemnization of a marriage or celebration of a marriage that is
in violation of the entity’s religious beliefs; or
3.a.2..the promotion of marriage through any social or religious programs
or services, in violation of the entity’s religious beliefs, unless State or federal funds
are received for that specific program or service.
Thus, the organization's religious beliefs become irrelevant if the organization receives state or federal funds. That word "unless" is the camel's nose entering the sacred tent.
The text of the bill can be found here: http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/hb/hb0438t.pdf
Gary Chance
1:00 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The talk here, not surprisingly, hints at the real problem. Everywhere, I hear folks saying that our biggest problems are monetary. They are bad.....but that ain't it. Even these remarks on homosexual "marriage" almost all drew round to a monetary angle.
Any history buff out there can see that, as Carl Sandburg wrote, we forgot where we came from. With no moral base under us any more I'm not surprised at what we're going through. But I am sad.
To he who stated what's in the Bible, I say why do you ignore the new testament? Jesus did come and clarify all that and more.
We've got a ton of problems and many are monetary, but didn't Jesus say that to whoever does the will of the Father "all that will be given them and more" ?
There is your prosperity...
David Kennedy
12:31 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
I want to marry my cats, put everthing in their names , and then quit paying taxes and bills...