Poll: 64 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage
Source: Politico
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 05/15/17 10:20 AM EDT
Americans support for same-sex marriage has hit a new high, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
Sixty-four percent of adults surveyed said same-sex marriages should be legal, a 3 percent increase since last year and the most support for gay marriage since Gallup began tracking the issue in 1996, when just 27 percent backed legalizing gay marriage.
Democrats (74 percent) and independents (71 percent) have been most accepting of legalizing same-sex marriages, with support among Democrats reaching a majority in 2004, followed by a majority among independents in 2007. Forty-seven percent of Republicans support legalizing same-sex marriage, the highest ever mark from the GOP.
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While some may still have objections to same-sex unions over moral or religious grounds despite the Supreme Court ruling, Americans are more accepting of same-sex relations, with 72 percent of respondents saying it should be legal.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/poll-same-sex-marriage-america-238393
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)It's tremendous progress, but still 100,000,000+ hanging onto their bigotry in 2017.
TlalocW
(15,358 posts)Than news that will depress conservative religious nutjobs.
TlalocW
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)although I made the mistake of reading some comments on a Facebook thread about Jim Parsons' new marriage. Most were positive but dang... the haters are sure ignorant and crude.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)David__77
(23,218 posts)I think a lot of it has to do with people who, before, said they were against it and didn't care all too much, now would feel embarrassed to state the same view. That's OK with me.