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  • 50% in poll back SJC ruling on gay marriage

    11/23/2003 6:53:43 AM PST · by HostileTerritory · 127 replies · 397+ views
    The Boston Globe ^ | 11/23/2003 | Frank Phillips and Rick Klein
    Massachusetts residents, by a solid margin, said they supported the Supreme Judicial Court's landmark decision legalizing gay marriage, according to a Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll. The poll of 400 people, the first survey of Bay State residents since the court's historic ruling, indicated that 50 percent agreed with the justices' decision, and 38 percent opposed it. Eleven percent expressed no opinion. The poll also indicated that a majority opposed efforts by the Legislature, Governor Mitt Romney, and Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly to block same-sex marriages and allow civil unions instead. A majority, 53 percent, also opposed a proposed amendment to...