Historic PPP Poll: Support for anti-gay Amendment 1 in North Carolina falls below 55% to record low

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/24/1086020/-Historic-PPP-Poll-Support-for-anti-gay-Amendment-1-in-North-Carolina-falls-below-55-to-record-low

Public Policy Polling has released a new poll out of North Carolina showing that support for the proposed anti-gay Amendment 1 has dropped to a record low. The proposed amendment, on the ballot for the May 8 primary, says that marriage between a man and a woman is the "only domestic legal union" that would be valid or recognized in the state once it passes. The new poll, conducted before the campaign opposing Amendment 1 - Protect ALL NC Families - got their ads on the air, shows support at 54%-40% of likely voters. This is a 6 point shift from the numbers PPP released in the last poll of likely voters on March 29, which showed support for the amendment at 58-38. That poll also suggested that when voters are made aware of what Amendment 1 would actually do, they are opposed to it narrowly; when they're told the amendment would ban civil unions for gay couples, "support goes down 17 points to 41%, and opposition rises 4% to 42%."

PPP used the ballot language itself in its questioning about the amendment.

Notably this is the lowest level of support found in any poll on Amendment 1 in North Carolina by any polling firm. Also of note is the fact that there are more undecided voters in this poll.

[msongs]

1. does it also affect hetero couples who cohabit but are NOT married? if so, attack that heavily nt

[yardwork]

2. Yes, it does. The amendment would make marriage between a man and woman the only legally recognized

relationship in the state of North Carolina. If the amendment passes, it will remove all existing protections and rights for unmarried people living together, whether they are straight or gay. It will remove protections for children, and the right to domestic violence protection.

Marriage for gay people is already illegal by statute in North Carolina. This amendment goes far beyond that.

[Fearless]

4. +1000!

[RetiredTrotskyite]

5. This Whole Thing is Just Sick...

I suspect that while the majority animus of this is anti-gay, I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of the self-righteous twits decided they would punish straight couples who don't marry while they're at it. This is heinous...no domestic violence protection? No protections for children. Man, these bastards really hate everyone who isn't like them, don't they?

I hope the polls that show lower support for this crap are accurate. Neither GLBTs nor straight unmarried couples need this crap. Marriage equality is already illegal...this is just pouring acid on the wounds.

[yardwork]

6. Exactly. Apparently ALEC wrote this amendment, as the same language is showing up in other states.

There aren't that many states left that haven't already passed constitutional amendments against equal marriage rights for gay people. The few that remain have been assaulted with this new language that attacks straight unmarried couples and their children as well. Attorneys have told me that this has to be deliberate. If ALEC wanted to impose constitutional amendments only against gay marriage, they would have written it that way. They've written something quite different, far more sweeping.

It's the Handmaid's Tale.

[William769]

3. Recommended.