Atralian polls shows gay marriage support weakeng as postal survey d, theft ncerns surface | South Cha Morng Post

Contents:

• ATRALIA’S GAY-MARRIAGE VOTE IS DIVISIVE, EVEN FOR GAY-MARRIAGE BACKERS
• ATRALIA APPROV GAY MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE
• ATRALIA’S CUR PATH TO LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE

ATRALIA’S GAY-MARRIAGE VOTE IS DIVISIVE, EVEN FOR GAY-MARRIAGE BACKERS

Media ptn, 'Gay people are gog to have the bt weddgs'Polls did well - pared to the lik of Brex and the 2016 US printial electn - part bee the turnout was so high (approximately 80%, pared to 61% the Irish gay marriage referendum). However, the bulk of the public bate seems to be based on tuive or speculative perceptns of the tras of people who are likely to oppose or support same-sex marriage, or on anecdotal ed data om the Hoehold, Ine and Labour Dynamics Atralia Survey (HILDA) to asss trends the gree of support for same-sex marriage, and to ascerta the characteristics of those Atralians who do, or don't, support dataIn 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2015, the HILDA Survey asked s natnal panel to rate their gree of agreement wh the statement "Homosexual upl should have the same rights as heterosexual upl do" on a sle om one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree) HILDA data has strengths and weakns pared to recent poll data. Examatn of the 2015 HILDA Survey data revealed marked differenc the gree of support for equal rights for same-sex upl across populatn support was signifintly greater among:women;non-heterosexual (gay/lbian, bisexual) people;younger people;people wh gree-level or year 12 as their hight tnal qualifitns (pared to lower than year 12, or a profsnal qualifitn);non-relig people;people born Atralia or an English-speakg untry (pared to people born a non-English-speakg untry);people wh higher ; andpeople livg major ci (pared to those livg regnal/remote areas) the factors were acunted for, there were few and small differenc across Atralia's stat and ss on the fence?

Whether that was accurate or not, that is how many the gay muny felt.

Dpe the emotnal turmoil and pa, many LGBTIQ people went to that vote feelg, the entire mpaign for a y vote was about hearts and mds —  actively pulled at the heartstrgs of Atralians who had a gay child, uncle, niece or work mate. Returng to Pearson's central premise — that a Voice would rce racism Atralia — let's look at the only parison we have: the same sex marriage end homophobia?

ATRALIA APPROV GAY MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE

This analysis foc on whether people around the world thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society or not.

Homosexualy should be accepted by society OR Homosexualy should not be accepted by society. The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.

Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. As was 2013, when the qutn was last asked, attus on the acceptance of homosexualy are shaped by the untry which people live. Those Wtern Europe and the Ameris are generally more acceptg of homosexualy than are those Eastern Europe, Rsia, Ukrae, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Ai.

ATRALIA’S CUR PATH TO LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE

In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007. Many of the untri surveyed 2002 and 2019 have seen a double-dig crease acceptance of homosexualy.

There also have been fairly large shifts acceptance of homosexualy over the past 17 years two very different plac: Mexi and Japan. In both untri, jt over half said they accepted homosexualy 2002, but now closer to seven--ten say this.

In Kenya, only 1 100 said homosexualy should be accepted 2002, pared wh 14% who say this now. (For more on acceptance of homosexualy over time among all the untri surveyed, see Appendix A. In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial.