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Same Sex Marriage

4 Jul 2011

Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?

15 Nov 2010 14 Mar 2011 4 Jul 11 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Should be allowed to marry 53% 49% 54% 65% 41% 85%
Should not be allowed to marry 36% 40% 35% 23% 48% 9%
Don’t know 11% 10% 11% 12% 10% 6%

54% think that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 35% think they should not. This represents an increase in support for same-sex marriage since this question was asked in March – however, similar to the result from last November.

Strongest support came from women (62%) and those aged under 35 (63%).

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