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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 15, 2022
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August 15, 2022: Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters favor a law protecting the legal rights of same-sex married couples. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that this includes 40% of Republicans and 81% of Democrats.
The survey also found that an even larger majority (75%) believe churches should have the right to refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies, and 60% say that religious organizations should not be required to hire people who are in same-sex marriages if this violates their religious beliefs.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on August 4-6, 2022. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.8 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Do you favor or oppose a law protecting the legal rights of same-sex married couples?
- 39%-Strongly favor
- 20%-Somewhat favor
- 14%-Somewhat oppose
- 16%-Strongly oppose
- 12%-Not sure
If same-sex marriage violates the deeply held beliefs of a chuch or religious organization, should the church be required to hire people who are in a same-sex marriage? Or should they have the right to hire only people who share their religious beliefs?
- 23%-The church should be required to hire people who are in a same-sex marriage
- 60%-The church should have the right to hire only people who share their religious beliefs
- 18%-Not sure
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