More Illinoisans favor gay marriage now than two ... - Capitol Fax.com

* And here?s another result from the 2012 Paul Simon Public Policy Institute poll?

Which of the following three statements comes closest to your position on the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples in Illinois

Gay/lesbian couples should be allowed to legally marry 43.6%

Gay/lesbian couples should be allowed to form civil unions 31.8%

There should be no legal recognition of relationships between gay and lesbian couples 20.2%

Other/ Don?t know 4.4%

* Compare those results to how the numbers looked two years ago, in the 2010 Paul Simon Public Policy Institute poll?

Which of the following three statements comes closest to your position on the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples in Illinois?

Gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to legally marry 33.6%

Gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to form civil unions, which would give them some legal rights 33.9%

There should be no legal recognition of relationships between gay and lesbian couples 26.5%

Other/Don?t know 6.0%

So, the number of people who say gays should be allowed to marry is up ten points in just two years, while those opposing all recognition of gay unions has declined by over 6 points. The most recent poll?s margin of error is 2.77 points, so this is real movement.

That?s pretty amazing.

Source: http://capitolfax.com/2012/09/26/more-illinoisans-favor-gay-marriage-now-than-two-years-ago/

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