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by Doug Windsor, 365Gay.com New York Bureau
(New York City) A national poll of high school seniors shows that young people are twice as likely as adults to support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
The survey was conducted by Zogby International for Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. The results, released Thursday, come at a time when conservative groups are trying to prevent the establishment of Gay Straight Associations at schools in a number of states nationwide.
The poll on "hot button" political issues also found that students in the high school class of 2006 support strong handgun control measures but oppose abortion.
Three-quarters of the high school seniors throughout the country favor the legal recognition of same-sex relationships, either as marriage or civil union.
The survey found that three in four seniors oppose a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Sixty-three percent support adoption by gay couples.
On the issue of abortion most high school seniors said it was morally wrong and would severely limit a woman's right to choose.
The poll found that students feel that a woman who is poor and unable to afford another child should not have a legal right to an abortion. Two-thirds of high school seniors would require parental consent before a woman under the age of 18 could legally obtain an abortion.
Nevertheless, when asked about Roe v. Wade, more than 60 percent of high school seniors want the Supreme Court to preserve the abortion decision.
This was the eighth annual Hamilton Youth Poll and comes as many high school seniors prepare to become first time voters in November 2006.
One thousand high school seniors from across the U.S. were contacted by phone for the study of attitudes on abortion, guns and gays. The poll was funded by Hamilton College's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent.
©365Gay.com 2006
(New York City) A national poll of high school seniors shows that young people are twice as likely as adults to support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
The survey was conducted by Zogby International for Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. The results, released Thursday, come at a time when conservative groups are trying to prevent the establishment of Gay Straight Associations at schools in a number of states nationwide.
The poll on "hot button" political issues also found that students in the high school class of 2006 support strong handgun control measures but oppose abortion.
Three-quarters of the high school seniors throughout the country favor the legal recognition of same-sex relationships, either as marriage or civil union.
The survey found that three in four seniors oppose a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Sixty-three percent support adoption by gay couples.
On the issue of abortion most high school seniors said it was morally wrong and would severely limit a woman's right to choose.
The poll found that students feel that a woman who is poor and unable to afford another child should not have a legal right to an abortion. Two-thirds of high school seniors would require parental consent before a woman under the age of 18 could legally obtain an abortion.
Nevertheless, when asked about Roe v. Wade, more than 60 percent of high school seniors want the Supreme Court to preserve the abortion decision.
This was the eighth annual Hamilton Youth Poll and comes as many high school seniors prepare to become first time voters in November 2006.
One thousand high school seniors from across the U.S. were contacted by phone for the study of attitudes on abortion, guns and gays. The poll was funded by Hamilton College's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent.
©365Gay.com 2006
