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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon May 15, 2017, 12:13 PM May 2017

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

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Poll: 64 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2017 #1
That's good and appalling at the same time uppityperson May 2017 #2
I agree Bradical79 May 2017 #4
Nothing makes me happier TlalocW May 2017 #3
this is some good news OKNancy May 2017 #5
Slowly but surely, the Fox "News" crowd are dying off. Dawson Leery May 2017 #6
As I prepare to marry a man, I'm so glad for the favorable public opinion trend. David__77 May 2017 #7
36 percent hard core Dumpster cockroaches. roamer65 May 2017 #8

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
5. this is some good news
Mon May 15, 2017, 12:43 PM
May 2017

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.

David__77

(23,218 posts)
7. As I prepare to marry a man, I'm so glad for the favorable public opinion trend.
Mon May 15, 2017, 10:29 PM
May 2017

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.

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