Is this the most biased opinion poll question ever asked?
The Coalition for Marriage was launched last week and commissioned an opinion poll of public attitudes to equal marriage.
Liberal Democrat Voice writes:
Which is fair enough. But then, it appears, a thought struck them. The UK is, by and large, a tolerant nation, with the vast majority now accepting of gay and lesbian relationships being respected and recognised. So… how to pose an opinion poll question that could produce the result they wanted?
The question reads:
‘Please tell me the extent to which you agree or disagree with [this] statement about the definition of marriage… Since gay and lesbian couples already have the same rights as married couples available to them under civil partnership, they should not be allowed to redefine marriage for everyone else.’
Given the brazen slant of the question, I was actually quite surprised to see that only 51% agreed with the statement, with 34% disagreeing.
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Sociology 1.01 would not accept that statement as a valid poll question. Skewed results should be obvious. Are the percentages from raw scores only, do you know?
There is no end to the human need to prove he is right and his deviousness to get his result, is there?