Sorry to put a long comment here, but speaking of stats, these came up in a Canadian magazine in September, re. our possible legalization of same-sex marriages (they're already legal in Ontario, but the Federal Government is proposing making them legal by statute, not just precedent). I quoted them in an lj entry:
Apparently right now polls show we're pretty evenly divided, 49% for, 49% against, 2% watching The Anna Nicole show.
Opposition stats by province: BC 45%, Alberta 58%, Saskatchewan 61%, Manitoba 61% (and is anybody surprised at any of those numbers?), Ontario 52% (ARG!! I thought we were smarter than this!!), Quebec 38% (see, this is why I for one don't want them to separate: without them, we're just a bunch of ignorant rednecks in tuques), Maritimes 48% (see? Poor, but decent), Territories ?% (apparently it's too damn cold to take polls up there).
Some other interesting stats:
Most likely to oppose are men (54%), lacking high school diplomas (66%), earning less than $30,000 a year (55%), and aged 55 and up (63%).
Less likely to oppose are women (44%), university grads (36%), earning more than $60,000 (42%), and aged 18-34 (34%).
Also, Canadian Catholics are 50% for, 48% against. I guess some people took the "Do Unto Others" part of Sunday School to heart.
The age part gives me hope, too. Hope that someday the bulk of the yahoos will be dead and those left will realize that it's not an affront to All That Is Het to respect all persons who have chosen to make a lifelong commitment to another human being, regardless of their genders.
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Date: 2003-11-20 07:50 pm (UTC)Apparently right now polls show we're pretty evenly divided, 49% for, 49% against, 2% watching The Anna Nicole show.
Opposition stats by province: BC 45%, Alberta 58%, Saskatchewan 61%, Manitoba 61% (and is anybody surprised at any of those numbers?), Ontario 52% (ARG!! I thought we were smarter than this!!), Quebec 38% (see, this is why I for one don't want them to separate: without them, we're just a bunch of ignorant rednecks in tuques), Maritimes 48% (see? Poor, but decent), Territories ?% (apparently it's too damn cold to take polls up there).
Some other interesting stats:
Most likely to oppose are men (54%), lacking high school diplomas (66%), earning less than $30,000 a year (55%), and aged 55 and up (63%).
Less likely to oppose are women (44%), university grads (36%), earning more than $60,000 (42%), and aged 18-34 (34%).
Also, Canadian Catholics are 50% for, 48% against. I guess some people took the "Do Unto Others" part of Sunday School to heart.
The age part gives me hope, too. Hope that someday the bulk of the yahoos will be dead and those left will realize that it's not an affront to All That Is Het to respect all persons who have chosen to make a lifelong commitment to another human being, regardless of their genders.