Almost Half of Porteños Approve of Gay Marriage
Almost half of the people living in Buenos Aires support gay marriage, according to a new survey.
The survey, published Wednesday by the polling firm Ibarómetro, indicates that 48.4% of Porteños support gay or lesbian marriages.
That number is up from 45.1% in 2007, indicating that opposition to gay marriage is declining.
The 2010 poll shows that 39.4% of the city’s residents oppose gay marriage, down from 41% in 2007.
About 12% of people polled said they “don’t know” what they think about the issue, down from almost 14% in 2007.
Fewer Porteños are in favor of gay adoption, however, with 37% approving it and 48.3% against.
In 2007 57.8% were against gay adoption while 31.1% favored it.
Pollsters also asked Porteños if gay parents would have a “harmful” or “similar” influence on children as would straight parents. About 44% said gay parents would have “a similar” affect on children while around 30% said their influence would be “harmful.”
The survey interviewed 600 people and was conducted on March 16. It has a margin of error of +/- 5%.
Well, what that showed is that there is no majority in favor so no marriage should be allow as per popular preferences.
Diego, thank you for your optimism. What we have learned in the 20th Century is that if we leave every social issue to be resolved by “popular” vote, there would be no social progress: women would not have the right to vote and people of African extraction in the Americas would still be slaves.
What this poll emphasized is that social perceptions are changing ~ little by little, but they are being altered.
Really
And who you think push and fight for women and black people rights? The governments?
Was the people that went to the streets claiming for those rights. I’m not seeing big amount of people on the streets right now, so I’m not seeing as in the cases you mentioned, people fighting for that change.
Are we sure we want it? Why we don;t ask? If doesn’t pass, lets ask in 10 years to see what happen. Maybe we are not ready yet for something like and maybe we will never be ready.
Well, it would appear that you are not ready anyway. I’m sorry if that’s the case.
Cool graph!!
I think gay marriage should be legal, but not now, because, as Diego suggested, we are not ready. And perhaps we’ll never will. Perhaps we will. Who knows.
And with ‘WE’ I mean you and me, not just me.
I admit, is taking us a little too long to get use to see gay people in the street, but Hey, Buenos Aires is pretty much the GAY friendliest City around.
I’m not against gays per say, but I think gay community is not ready to face society as it is. Something need to change… they? Us? They want us to change… Why?
I know it seems to be a little weird to deny marriage to people who love each other.
But when I think about “gay” I don’t think “Love” I think “Promiscuity,” “Pornography”… etc..,
Don’t ge’t mad at us for thinking like that… get mad a those who make us think like that… They are the ones behaving crazy and using ‘out loud’ the word “GAY” and making it really hard for you.
I am generalizing and stereotyping, but stereotypes exits for a reason… again, who is putting you in that bag? why are you in the same bag? Is it really my closed mind? Is it?
AND maybe nobody cares about that anymore… You know… “Values” “Morality” etc… Those are things that our grandparents used to talk about…
But I care… and I believe my voice counts, so… I implore you, prove me wrong, prove us wrong… prove all those stereotypers out there wrong. Please.
When people say. “I’m not against _______ , but”, I usually stop reading right after the “but” because they then go on to make a point about how they really are against _______.
Scratch the “But.” You are right, it doesn’t’ really modify the sentence… at all.
Has anyone noticed that the chart is wrong?
It says that 12% say no….contrary to the wording on the written report above.
Will someone please fix it?
Fixed!
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I DO NOT APPROVE the gay marriage.
Not because I am just old and decrepit and romance is over…
But because we as a society are not yet ready for this commitment.
Promiscuity, aids or sida, venereal infections and mental pain is on the go.
No one is here questioning about the current epidemic of aids….no one is listening to public health, prevention, precautions and risks.
And of course in a marriage will exist discord, fights, infidelity, agression, physical or verbal, and the children, will suffer.
Families will vanish, churches and sinagoges will dissapear….
Well, remember, its just me.
And old decrepit who is not afraid to say what is coming for us…
I like Mr. Menem idea of popular voting law, the one named 25.432-
The people, not just 125 persons of Congress are the ones to vote.
A yes or no.
My vote is no