Interesting results in D.C. According to a Washington Post poll from last month, most residences support gay marriage and there's only a slim majority in the Black community that opposes it.
Here's more:
Nearly six in 10 D.C. residents, including 83 percent of whites, favor making it legal for gay couples to marry.
The broad support for same-sex marriage in the District's white community cuts across cultural lines that divide opinions on the matter nationally. Regular white churchgoers nationwide generally oppose same-sex marriage, but two-thirds of whites in the District who attend services monthly or more often support same-sex marriage.
African Americans tilt against same-sex marriage. Thirty-seven percent of black residents back legal same-sex marriage. A slim majority opposes it, and the bulk of opponents say they feel that way strongly.
But some divisions are evident in the local black community on this issue, with sharp divides by church attendance and education.
One in five African Americans who attend church services weekly favor same-sex marriage, and support rises to 47 percent among those who attend less often. A narrow majority of black college graduates supports gay marriage, compared with about a third of African Americans with less formal education.
So education is a key factor here. Also, as usual, religion plays a huge part as well. But at least the numbers are not as high as Harry Jackson claimed. It looks like more Blacks are coming around.
2 comments:
V, I agree education and exposure are key in getting more support. The more people that know us, the better off we will be.
Wow... Looking at the difference between regular church goers and those who aren't is amazing. There was a similar study done in 2008 among Hispanics here in the Central Valley of CA, where I live, and the difference was just about the same.
I think it's so telling that the differences can not only be seen by those who attend church on a regular basis, but also access to quality education.
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