Poll: Majority of
Conn. Residents Agree With Court's Marriage Ruling

AA new poll in Connecticut has found that 53% of respondents support Friday's state supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage while 42% of those polled disagree with it, reports the the Hartford Courant.

The weekend poll conducted for the Courant showed a wide range of opinions about the marriage decision, often falling along party lines. Democrats agreed with the ruling by a margin of 72%-24%, Republicans opposed it 69%-29%, and independents fell somewhere in between, favoring the decision 52%-44%.

"This is still a highly contentious issue within the state of Connecticut," Samuel Best, director of the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut, told the Courant. "The overwhelming majority of folks feel very strongly on this." (The Advocate)