Canadians Love Their Gay Marriage

by Michael Jones · 2009-09-14 10:36:00 UTC
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A new survey shows that Canadian citizens overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage, showing up both the United States and Great Britain on the issue of equal rights. Perhaps that's not surprising, given that Canada is one of the largest countries in the world that has legalized same-sex marriage. But still, when it comes to a commitment to equality, Canada is leading the way.

The survey, conducted by polling firm Angus Reid, found that young people are leading the way when it comes to the issue of marriage equality. In Canada, a whopping 73 percent of people ages 18-34 support same-sex marriage, while only 7 percent oppose it. That's huge! We're guessing that not even cuddly puppies or chocolate receive that high of an approval rating.

That number jives with polling on the U.S., too, which shows overwhelming support for marriage equality among people under 40.  In this particular survey, only 42 percent of folks ages 18-34 said they supported marriage equality. But other studies, like this one discussed over at FiveThirtyEight, show that young people in the U.S. support marriage equality by upwards of 50 percent.

Either way, more young people support marriage equality than are against it. Which goes to show that we're on the trajectory toward equal rights -- it's just going to take some time to get there.  Alas, someday the U.S. will be Canada...

(Photo courtesy of publicdomainarts' photostream on Flickr.)

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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