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Poll: Ohio voters likely to support gay marriage if religious exemption included
Ohio voters are split on the idea of same-sex marriage, but they’re far more likely to support it if know religious institutions won’t be forced to wed gay and lesbian couples, a new poll shows.
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Poll: It’s not OK to make online slurs, even when you’re ‘just kidding’
WASHINGTON — In a shift in attitude, most young people now say it’s wrong to use racist, sexist or anti-gay slurs online, even if you’re just kidding. But when they see them, they don’t take much personal offense.
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Poll: Republicans more tolerant of students wearing Confederate flag over rainbow flag
A new poll finds that Republicans are more tolerant of high school students wearing a Confederate battle flag to school than they are of students wearing a gay pride (rainbow) flag to school.
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Ohio poll: Yes on anti-discrimination, mixed on marriage equality
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Most Ohio voters favor a law that would protect gay and lesbian people from on-the-job discrimination, but they’re not so sure about extending marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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Poll: Majority of Americans would vote to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states
PRINCETON, N.J. — A majority of Americans say they would vote in favor of a law legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 U.S. states, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Polls: Americans largely unfazed by Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage
Two new polls released this week show a majority of Americans support marriage equality for same-sex couples, and are largely unfazed by last week’s landmark Supreme Court decisions that struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, and that cleared the way for same-sex marriage to resume in California.
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Poll: Minnesotans still split on support for marriage equality
MINNEAPOLIS — Just weeks before a new law takes effect that will legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota, voters are still almost evenly divided on the issue, according to a new poll.
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Poll finds 58 percent of Calif. voters now support legalizing same-sex marriage
LOS ANGELES — While the U.S. Supreme Court prepares its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, a new poll finds that a majority of California voters now support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.
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Survey: Greater acceptance of homosexuality in more secular, affluent countries
Homosexuality is broadly accepted in North America, the European Union and much of Latin America, but widely rejected in predominantly Muslim nations and Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and Russia, according to a survey of 39 countries released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
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Poll: Mich. voters support repealing state’s ban on same-sex marriage
LANSING, Mich. — A new poll finds that a majority of Michigan voters support repealing the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, and replacing it with an amendment to allow gay couples the freedom to marry.