NYT Poll On State Recognition of Same-Sex Couples

The New York Times has a new poll on Obama's 100th day in office which tries to compare beliefs of the White and Black population on multiple issues. For example, 96% of Black people approve of Obama's job as President compared to 62% of White people.

But on gay marriage, the results are even more interesting:

50. Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be
 allowed to legally marry OR gay couples should be allowed
 to form civil unions but not legally marry OR there should
 be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship?


                 Marry   Civil unions      None       DK/NA
3/10-14/04          22         33          40          6
5/20-23/04* CBS     28         29          40          3
7/11-15/04          28         31          38          3
10/28-30/04         23         34          36          7
11/18-21/04         21         32          44          3
2/24-28/05          23         34          41          2
7/29-8/2/05 CBS     27         27          43          4
10/27-31/06         28         29          38          5
3/7-11/07           28         32          35          5
5/30-6/3/08 CBS     30         28          36          6
3/12-16/09 CBS      33         27          35          5
4/22-26/09          42         25          28          5
  White             40         26          30          4
  Black             38         30          26          6              

Another point to note about this result is that the differences between the races is not that great, and that nearly two-thirds of the respondents support some form of legal recognition for same-sex couples.