Comments on: A Suppa Earl Gae http://www.gaelick.com/2009/04/a-suppa-earl-gae-2/1578/ an irish lesbian ezine Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: click here http://www.gaelick.com/2009/04/a-suppa-earl-gae-2/1578/comment-page-1/#comment-997 click here Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:43:13 +0000 http://www.gaelick.com/?p=1578#comment-997 MarriagEquality commissioned a survey by Lansdowne research (available <a href="http://www.marriagequality.ie/download/pdf/its_no_joke.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a> - PDF), which found - among other things - that: - 81% Irish people agree that everyone in Ireland should receive equal treatment from the state regardless of whether they are gay, lesbian or straight - When asked if denying same-sex marriage is a form of discrimination 61% believed it was - When asked if the children of gay and lesbian parents should have the same family rights as other children, 75% of the public believe that children should all be treated equally According to the report, "The research which contributed to the development of this report was conducted by Lansdowne Market Research between 15th-30th October 2008. The face-to-face in home interviewing was conducted among 1,000 over 15 year-olds, ensuring it is nationally representative." MarriagEquality commissioned a survey by Lansdowne research (available here – PDF), which found – among other things – that:

- 81% Irish people agree that everyone in Ireland should receive equal treatment from the state regardless of whether they are gay, lesbian or straight
- When asked if denying same-sex marriage is a form of discrimination 61% believed it was
- When asked if the children of gay and lesbian parents should have the same family rights as other children, 75% of the public believe that children should all be treated equally

According to the report, “The research which contributed to the development of this report was conducted by Lansdowne Market Research between 15th-30th October 2008. The face-to-face in home interviewing was conducted among 1,000 over 15 year-olds, ensuring it is nationally representative.”

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