Peruvians overwhelmingly reject abortion, gay ‘marriage’ in new poll
Image via Wikipedia Despite the aspirations of major presidential candidates to legalize abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’ in Peru , the vast majority of Peruvians say they are opposed to both ideas, according to a new poll. More than three quarters of Peruvians, 76.3%, said they were opposed to the legalization of abortion, and only 17.4% said they support it. Another 6.3% said that they either didn’t know or had no opinion. Asked if they were “in favor or against civil unions among homosexuals ,” 69.5% answered in the negative, and only 20.8% in the affirmative. The numbers were even more unfavorable for homosexual ‘marriage’: 74.7% were opposed, and only 14% were in favor. Although both sexes overwhelmingly rejected both the killing of unborn children and the legal endorsement of homosexual behavior, women were 3.3% more likely to oppose abortion than men, while men were 8.3% more likely to oppose homosexual “marriage” than women. A strong majority also rejected the legalizat