Will the Swiss vote for gay marriage in Sunday's referendum?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The referendum on same-sex marriage came from the Democratic Federal Union (UDF), a micro evangelical party, with the support of the Democratic Union of the Centre (UDC), a populist party that is part of the ruling coalition, and a Christian-democratic party (Le Centre).
51% : Since 2007, same-sex couples in Switzerland can get official approval for civil unions, which are not on an equal footing as marriages.
51% : Germany and Austria were the latest Western European countries to legalise same-sex marriage, respectively in 2017 and 2019.
50% : When asked why Switzerland was embracing marriage equality much later than other Western European countries, both Delessert and Baranova said it had to do with Switzerland's lengthy legislative processes.
45% : Twenty years after the Netherlands became the first in Europe to legalise same-sex marriage, Switzerland is among the last Western European countries where it is still outlawed.
44% : "Switzerland is the penultimate country in Western Europe which does not yet allow same-sex marriage.
44% : In Western Europe, Italy is the only other large country where same-sex marriage is not legal, even if civil unions were introduced in 2016.
43% : The historian noted that he met many fellow Swiss citizens who were surprised to hear same-sex marriage was not already legal in their country.
42% : So every other European country has had it for years, and for a very simple reason: there are no valid motives to deny marriage and all the rights inherent in marriage to same-sex couples," the campaigner told Euronews.
40% : Supporters of the bill, which include the government and parliament, say it is needed to eliminate inequality of treatment between same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
39% : Same-sex marriage faces fierce opposition across Eastern Europe.

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