A new poll on Michigan's attitudes on gays was reported in yesterday's Detroit Free Press. The results were compared to a similar poll conducted back in October of 2004, a month before voters approved the state's marriage protection amendment. Some of the results:
* Gays should have the right to visit partners in the hospital -- 92% approve.
* Gay couples should have inheritance rights -- 71% approval.
* Domestic Partner benefits should be offered for government & university jobs -- 65% approval.
* Gays should have civil unions -- 64% approval.
* Gays should be able to adopt -- 57% approval.
* Support for gay marriage has grown from 24% in 2004 to 46.5% in May. We're not quite in the position of being able to challenge the amendment, but we're getting close.
* The number of people saying they know a gay person has grown from 56% in 2004 to 80% in May.
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