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suspectclass) wrote2002-04-04 01:05 pm
suspectclass) wrote2002-04-04 01:05 pm
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NEW YORK -- A new poll shows that the majority of Americans support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to adopt.
Forty-seven percent said gays should be permitted to adopt, and 42 percent were opposed, according to the ABCNEWS.com survey
It is the first time in a decade of polling that a plurality has supported adoption rights. The last survey, in 1998, showed that 57 percent opposed gay adoption. In 1994, there was 64 percent opposition.
The drop in the number of people against gay and lesbian couples adopting was 23 percent since 1994.
The survey was conducted March 27-31, after Rosie O'Donnell came out on the network, taking up the cause of gay adoption.
The telephone poll sampled 1,031 adults randomly selected across the United States. The results have a three-point error margin.
Most younger adults, women, and those with more education support gay and lesbian adoption. Older adults, men and the less-educated don't.
There are also regional differences. Majorities in the East and Midwest are supportive; most in the South are not.
Partisanship plays a large role in these views. Most Democrats and independents support adoption by gays, while Republicans oppose it by a 2-1 margin.
Here're the poll results
Forty-seven percent said gays should be permitted to adopt, and 42 percent were opposed, according to the ABCNEWS.com survey
It is the first time in a decade of polling that a plurality has supported adoption rights. The last survey, in 1998, showed that 57 percent opposed gay adoption. In 1994, there was 64 percent opposition.
The drop in the number of people against gay and lesbian couples adopting was 23 percent since 1994.
The survey was conducted March 27-31, after Rosie O'Donnell came out on the network, taking up the cause of gay adoption.
The telephone poll sampled 1,031 adults randomly selected across the United States. The results have a three-point error margin.
Most younger adults, women, and those with more education support gay and lesbian adoption. Older adults, men and the less-educated don't.
There are also regional differences. Majorities in the East and Midwest are supportive; most in the South are not.
Partisanship plays a large role in these views. Most Democrats and independents support adoption by gays, while Republicans oppose it by a 2-1 margin.
Here're the poll results