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Concern about religious freedoms

26 Sep 2017

Q. How concerned are you that allowing same-sex marriage may impact on religious freedoms?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Support same sex marriage Don’t support same sex marriage
Very concerned 20%   18% 24% 6% 24%   6% 47%
Concerned 15%   14% 21% 8% 15%   7% 28%
Not very concerned 16%   15% 17% 16% 18%   18% 12%
Not at all concerned 42%   48% 32% 65% 37%   65% 8%
Don’t know 7%   5% 7% 4% 5%   4% 5%

 

 

20% say they are very concerned and 15% concerned that allowing same-sex marriage may impact on religious freedoms while 58% are not concerned.

75% of those who don’t support same-sex marriage say they are concerned about religious freedoms.

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