Q. If the Parliament passes legislation to allow same-sex marriage, do you think that the legislation needs to include more protections for religious freedoms or do you think current laws already provide enough protections for religious freedoms?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
Needs to include more protection for religious freedoms | 37% | 31% | 48% | 17% | 42% | |
Current laws provide enough protections for religious freedoms | 42% | 50% | 39% | 57% | 44% | |
Don’t know | 21% | 19% | 13% | 25% | 14% |
37% think that same-sex marriage legislation needs to include more protections for religious freedoms and 42% think current laws provide enough protection.
Those most likely to think that same-sex marriage legislation should include more protections were Liberal/National voters (48%) and aged 65+ (55%).
Those most likely to think that current laws provide enough protection were Labor voters (50%), Greens voters (57%) and university educated (50%).