Overwhelming vote against gay marriage

Originally posted by kingpins ↑

I think you are cherry picking I have not been able to (too much bother) to see the original poll (ORF) but I did read that it was from 1000 people but how they were chosen I don't know

They had a problem in Austria with their law in that the union was called a Registered Partnership Bill which was badly composed as it did not allow for that couple to adopt a child.

The poll was in response to a gay couple being refused to adopt, so naturally people said the should be able to adopt

The Eurobarometer poll was due to a same sex couple where one died and the remaining one wanted the tenancy of their home but under the law the "life companion" (Lebensgefährte) was only applicable to persons of the opposite sex.
So once again it was not Marriage that was under the microscope but the poor framing of the Registered partner law to allow for the transfer of a tenancy

In Australia as far as I can find out NONE of these matters apply, and what the discussion in Australia is all about is nothing to do with legal rights but all about changing the legal definition of the word marriage.

This is for one reason only, homosexuals want to steal the respect that normal married couples have had for hundreds of years they suffer from a lack of conviction as to their way of life

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I did pick the two most recent. The Eurobarometer poll was included in research into discrimination in the EU.

http://www.equineteurope.org/IMG/pdf/ebs_437_en.pdf

Public opinion[edit]

A 2006 European Union poll surveying up to 30,000 people showed Austrian support for same sex marriage at 49% (higher than the EU average of 41%).^[48]

A November 2013 poll by Market for Der Standard found that 61% support same-sex marriage (41% fully support, 20% tend to support) while 33% do not (15% fully oppose, 18% tend to oppose). Adoption by same-sex couples is supported by 56% (35% fully support, 21% tend to support) and opposed by 37% (22% fully oppose, 15% tend to oppose).^[49]

A May 2014 poll by Market for ORF found that 73% support same-sex marriage. 48% fully support, 25% tend to support, 9% tend to oppose and 15% fully oppose, while 3% did not answer. Support is higher among women and younger people.^[50]^[51]^[52]

The 2015 Eurobarometer found that 62% of Austrians thought that same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, 32% were against.^[53]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Austria