Sentences with phrase «favored legalization»

Opinions have changed drastically since 1969 when Gallup first asked the question and just 12 percent favored legalization.

Back in 1969, Gallup found only 12 percent of Americans surveyed favored legalization.

According to an October 2013 Gallup Organization poll, 58 percent of Americans now favor legalization of marijuana - a jump of ten percentage points over the previous year.

Though the younger generations favor legalization, all Christians still lean toward keeping the drug illegal.

Among Christian's 65 and older, only 9 % said they strongly favor legalization and 47 % say they strongly oppose it.

They are questions I have wondered myself when I have heard Christians who favor legalization of SS» M».

The poll showed that support was highest among liberals and adults under age 30, with more than 60 percent of respondents in those categories favoring legalization.

Opinion surveys such as those by the Pew Research Center find that a majority of Americans favor legalization.

Fifty - six percent of voters now favor the legalization of gay marriage, up from a previous high of 51 percent in June 2009.

Cynthia Nixon, Cuomo's opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary, strongly favors legalization, citing the issue of racial bias in marijuana arrests.

Polls indicate voters across the state favor legalization generally, with a Siena College poll last year putting the margin at 49 % for, 47 % against.

He is against national ID systems and universal health records, and he favors legalization of some drugs.

At first glance they look like the ones that should most favor legalization of booze, until you realize just how much they profit from its restriction in a world where opposition to drinking is a lot more posturing and lip service to a mythological ideal than it is any sort of actual universal sentiment.

I urge Realtors to Vote for the Liberals and Justin Trudeau next election to make this problem go away as Trudeau is on record as favoring legalization and regulation once in office..

Not exact matches

On November 8, another four states voted in favor of outright marijuana legalization: California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts all voted in favor of legalized use, sale, and consumption of recreational marijuana.

When it comes to men and women, they voted 60 percent and 48 percent in favor of legalization, respectively.

Generally speaking, the use of marijuana doesn't appear to generate side effects large enough to justify making it entirely illegal, so it's not surprising that economists would be in favor of legalization.

And I'm not in favor of legalization of marijuana.

After the November midterm elections, the pendulum appeared to be swinging in favor of legalization.

Thirty - two percent of Christian's aged 18 - 29 said they «strongly favor» legalization, while 18 % said they «favor» the move, according to a Public Religion Research Institute survey released Thursday.

As a result, religious advocacy groups invariably favor comprehensive immigration reform that will allow for increased legal immigration, more rapid family reunification, and the legalization of irregular aliens.

I think he would probably be in favor of drug legalization and against war.

While the other candidates have all made supportive noises in favor of something that includes legalization before enforcement and expanded low - skill immigration, Huckabee can run on something that combines enforcement - first to be followed by a limited amnesty and shifting future immigration flows in the direction of skills and language proficiency.

Those who tend to favor gun - control tend to favor abortion, drug legalization, and other deadly sins.

It opposes legalization and supports immigration enforcement but, in practice, favors the first over the second.

A recent CBS poll shows that 61 percent of Americans favor full legalization and 88 percent agree that medicinal marijuana should be accepted.

Marchione was first elected after winning a Republican primary against Sen. Roy McDonald, one of the GOP lawmakers who voted in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage.

The mailer, which criticizes Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti for his vote in favor of same - sex marriage legalization, is prett graphic; depicting two men in the midst of a sex act and refers to the Buffalo lawmaker as a «political whore.»

Both Saland and Grisanti were two of four Republican senators who voted in favor of same - sex marriage legalization last year.

Libertarians have very compelling arguments in favor of drug legalization.

Cuomo in 2012 did not endorse a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate, choosing instead to make surgical endorsements of lawmakers from the mainline conference, the IDC and Republican Sens. Stephen Saland and Roy McDonald — both of whom voted in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage (and both of whom ended up losing their seats).

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino favors a «conversation» about a strict medical marijuana program, but opposes broader legalization.

The New York State Assembly voted in favor of legalization, as did the Senate on Feb. 1, according to Syracuse.com.

He supports legalization of casinos, but has some reservations about the potential down sides of bringing such an operation to the area and favors oversight at the county level to mitigate such negative effects.

Grisanti, who has voted in favor of the gun control law the SAFE Act and the legalization of same - sex marriage, faces Republican Kevin Stocker of Kenmore on Tuesday.

Grisanti in 2011 was one of four Republicans in the state Senate to back the legalization of same - sex marriage and, less than two years later, provided a vote in favor of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act, a measure that has stirred anger among the conservative base.

Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, one of the four Republicans who voted in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage and was widely considered to be in deep trouble for his party primary against Kevin Stocker, thumped his opponent with roughly 60 percent of the vote.

The panel backed the nominations of former Sen. Mark Grisanti, a Republican who voted in favor of both the SAFE Act and same - sex marriage legalization, as well as Robert Schwartz, the brother of former Cuomo top aide Larry Schwartz.

The state Conservative Party released its annual legislative rankings today and reported that both the Senate and Assembly improved their overall standing during the 2011 session despite voting in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage — an issue the party vehemently opposed.

A Siena College poll released Tuesday found 51 % of voters supported the widespread legalization of medical marijuana and another 26 % favored going with Cuomo's limited plan.

The latest: Just days after the challenger came out in favor of full pot legalization, longtime legal - MJ opponent Cuomo announced «the situation has changed drastically with marijuana.»

Cuomo successfully pushed through the legalization of same - sex marriage after McDonald and Saland, along with Sens. Mark Grisanti and James Alesi voted in favor of the measure.

Deputy Senate Republican leader Kevin Witkos, a former police officer in Canton, surprised some lawmakers by being in favor of the narrow bill, adding that he might vote later against marijuana legalization on the Senate floor.

Considering several polls have indicated that popular support has now tipped in national favor of legalization, it will be a delicate issue in the campaign.

That farmers are coming forward with formal support for policy change in favor of hemp legalization is a huge step forward and Congress should follow their lead and pass legislation to once again allow hemp farming under federal law.»