According to the poll, commissioned by Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, 79 per cent of respondents disapproved proposals on legalization of same-sex persons' partnerships, 10 per cent approved, and 5 per cent found these proposals satisfactory. 6 per cent were not able to answer.
The poll was carried out by RAIT company in November, 2014.
Respondents also had expressed negative opinion towards the theoretical proposals to legalize single-sex marriages - 82 per cent disapprove, 8 per cent approve.
The views of respondents regarding the new possible notarial deeds, including the registration of traditional heterosexual partnerships and marriages, have been surveyed during the poll.
According to RAIT company, 54 per cent approved the legalization of registration of heterosexual partnerships, 9 per cent found it satisfactory, and 27 per cent disapproved.
Asked whether they supported the proposal that notaries would be empowered with the right to register the marriage, 47 per cent supported such idea and 35 per cent of respondents disapproved it.
In regards to proposals of empowering the notaries with the right to divorce married people, 69 per cent supported them.
Notaries in Estonia and Latvia were granted the power to divorce married people in absence of dispute and underage children several years ago. Notaries in Estonia can register the marriage. In 2014, the new law on partnerships came into power in Estonia, according to it the partnerships can be registered regardless genders of coulples.
