LifeSiteNews.com Life, Family and Culture News

Email: "Forget Same-Sex ‘Marriage,’ Costa Ricans Oppose Homosexual Civil Unions"

Your Email:

Your Name:

Send To Email:

Subject:

Message:
BY LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun SchultzSAN JOSE, Costa Rica, September 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A strong majority of Costa Rica residents are opposed to permitting civil unions for homosexual couples, recent poll results have revealed.Almost three quarters of all respondents to a survey conducted by the Universidad de Costa Rica, 71.4 percent, indicated they would not support allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions, according to a report by Angus Reid Global Scan, published today.Only 16.4 percent surveyed said they would support civil unions for same-sex couples. 11.6 percent said they had no opinion.The Supreme Court of Costa Rica ruled against a demand for the recognition of homosexual “marriage” in May 2006, saying the concept of marriage in the country’s constitution was “understood to be between a man and a woman.”Chief Justice Luis Fernando Solano suggested at the time of the ruling that civil unions for homosexual couples would be a possible solution to the issue.Costa Rica’s Diversity Movement, a homosexual activist organization, discussed the possibility of legislation permitting homosexual civil unions earlier this month, reported Angus Reid.The survey was conducted June 3 to June 20, 2006, consisting of interviews with 1,000 Costa Rican adults. The margin of error is 3 percent.See related LifeSiteNews coverage:Costa Rican Supreme Court says No to Homosexual “Marriage”http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06053004.html http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/forget-same-sex-marriage-costa-ricans-oppose-homosexual-civil-unions/

Please enter the word you see in the image below: