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Protections for religious freedoms

20 Nov 2017

Q. If the Parliament passes legislation to allow same-sex marriage, do you think that the legislation needs to include more protections for religious freedoms or do you think current laws already provide enough protections for religious freedoms?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Needs to include more protection for religious freedoms 37%   31% 48% 17% 42%
Current laws provide enough protections for religious freedoms 42%   50% 39% 57% 44%
Don’t know 21%   19% 13% 25% 14%

 

 

37% think that same-sex marriage legislation needs to include more protections for religious freedoms and 42% think current laws provide enough protection.

Those most likely to think that same-sex marriage legislation should include more protections were Liberal/National voters (48%) and aged 65+ (55%).

Those most likely to think that current laws provide enough protection were Labor voters (50%), Greens voters (57%) and university educated (50%).

 

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