Good stuff:
New York State voters support 51 - 41 percent, with 8 percent undecided, a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
This is the first poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University showing support for same-sex marriage in New York State, where voters split 46 - 46 percent on this issue in a May 14 survey and opposed same-sex marriage 55 - 37 percent in an April 15, 2004, poll.
In this latest survey, women support same-sex marriage 58 - 35 percent, while men oppose it by a narrow 48 - 44 percent margin. Same-sex marriage wins 65 - 28 percent from Democrats and 52 - 42 percent from independent voters, while Republicans oppose it 66 - 27 percent. The proposal wins 52 - 42 percent support from white voters and 55 - 39 percent from Hispanics. Black voters split with 43 percent in favor and 42 percent opposed.
Hispanics are actually the ethnic group most in favor of marriage equality in this poll.
I guess Sen. Diaz likes to pull numbers out of his ass as much as he likes being a bigot:
Statement By NYS Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) On Today's Assembly Vote For Homosexual Marriage
Posted by Ruben Diaz on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
As a legislator of Hispanic origin, today I am very disappointed with those members of the Hispanic delegation in the State Assembly for supporting homosexual marriage in New York.
It is sad that the Hispanic legislators in the NYS Assembly will vote in favor of homosexual marriage today. Our community as a whole, Black, White, Asian, Islamic and Hispanic is at least 80% against homosexual marriage. Most New Yorkers are from communities that believes in moral, traditional and family values.
(all bolds mine)
Support for marriage equality was probably lower among all groups when Diaz made this statement 2 years ago, but unlikely that low. Not that facts matter when you're dealing with an irrational bigot who hides behind his ethnicity to mask his bogotry, but if Ruben Diaz's gut says that 80% of Hispanics oppose marriage equality, it must be true! |
