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CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). Support for gay marriage at 70% for first time.

A small mory of Amerins (27%) supported legal regnn of gay and lbian marriag 1996, when Gallup first asked the qutn. Hodg cisn 2015, support for gay marriage had reached 60%. For the First Time, a Small Majory of Republins Support Gay Marriage.

This uld suggt that support for gay marriage has reached a ceilg for this group, at least for now. Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

Young adults, Democrats among the groups most supportive of gay marriage. Public support for legally regnizg gay marriag has been nsistently above 50% sce the early 2010s. Hodg cisn, public support for legalizg gay marriage cracked the 60% level.

Today, majori of all but two key subgroups -- Republins (49%) and weekly churchgoers (41%) -- say gay marriag should be legally regnized.

Republin support for gay marriage has hovered around the 50% mark sce 2020, wh slight majori backg 2021 and 2022. Like all other subgroups, weekly churchgoers (41%) are more supportive of gay marriage now than they were the prev two s. Gay marriage beme the law of the land after the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell cisn, and Print Joe Bin signed bipartisan legislatn to ward off future judicial attempts at undog s legaly late last year.

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