U.S. Support for Gay Marriage Stable, at 63%

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• AMERINS' SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REMAS HIGH, AT 61%
• SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
• U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
• GAY MARRIAGE GAS SUPPORT, BUT IT'S STILL A PARTISAN ISSUE
• POLL TRACKS DRAMATIC RISE IN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

AMERINS' SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REMAS HIGH, AT 61%

While Tmp says he oppos same-sex marriage, the issue do not appear on his mpaign webse, and he has been referred to as "the most gay-iendly Republin nomee for print ever" by the print of the Log Cab Republins, an anizatn for gay Republins.

The GOP remas the least supportive of gay marriage among the three ma party groups, as strong majori of pennts (65%) and Democrats (79%) say such marriag should be regnized as valid unr the law. Twenty-three percent of Amerins say they would only vote for a ndidate who shar their views on gay marriage, while 44% say is one of many important factors.

Thkg about how the gay marriage issue might affect your vote for major offic, would you -- [ROTATED: only vote for a ndidate who shar your views on gay marriage, nsir a ndidate's posn on gay marriage as jt one of many important factors when votg or would you not see gay marriage as a major issue]? Amerins who are opposed to gay marriage (29%) are much more likely than those favor of (19%) to say they would only vote for a ndidate who shar their views.

SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS

At the other end of the sle, 22% of gay marriage opponents pared wh 32% of gay marriage supporters say is not a major factor for their vote. Amerins' heightened approval of gay marriage this year mak the issue a fairly straightforward one for the remag Democratic printial ndidat. Tmp might have found an ial climate to n as a Republin wh a somewhat murky rerd on gay marriage, given his party's taperg opposn to and the rced promence of the issue to Republins' vot.

Though his opposn to gay marriage remas, he notably ngratulated sger Elton John on his same-sex nuptial and even attend a gay weddg himself a year after his home state of New York legalized .

Wh the Supreme Court's cisn last year likely settlg the matter of s legaly, and pecially sce attempts by some lol and state officials to fy the lg were unsuccsful, the re-emergence of gay marriage as a divisive polil issue is ls likely. Risg natnal support for legal same-sex marriage reflects steady creas among most subgroups of the populatn, even those who have tradnally been the most ristant to gay marriage. 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.

U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%

Among many groups -- cludg olr adults, Prottants and rints of the South -- perspectiv on gay marriage have gone om majory opposn to majory support over the urse of Gallup’s trend spanng more than a quarter of a century. Broad Support For Same-Sex Relatnships: A May 2022 Gallup poll found that 71% of Amerins believe gay and lbian relatns are “morally acceptable, ” vers 25% who say they’re “morally wrong. “Don’t Say Gay” Laws Unpopular: A March 2022 ABC/Ipsos poll found 62% of Amerins oppose legislatn like Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law—known as “Don’t Say Gay”—that rtricts classroom teachgs on genr inty and sexual orientatn.

Adults who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr or “somethg other than heterosexual, ” acrdg to a Gallup poll released Febary and nducted 2022. Some events Florida have been nceled rponse to ncerns over recently passed anti-LGBTQ legislatn—which rtricts genr-affirmg re, drag performanc and expand the tnal rtrictns the “Don’t Say Gay” law, among other measur—and LGBTQ anizatns have also issued travel advisori for the state.

GAY MARRIAGE GAS SUPPORT, BUT IT'S STILL A PARTISAN ISSUE

For stance, 45% of adults the Silent Generatn (those born between 1928 and 1945) favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, pared wh 74% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996).

4As wh the general public, Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) are most likely to ce love as a very important reason for gettg married. Sce then, several other European untri – cludg England and Wal, France, Ireland, all of Sndavia, Spa and, most recently, Atria, Germany and Malta – have legalized gay marriage. “One might argue that a meetg like this uld be labelled promotn of homosexualy and we uld all be held crimally liable for beg this nference room today, ” said Stern.

POLL TRACKS DRAMATIC RISE IN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

“[The Anti-Homosexualy Act] clus a duty to report clse that would require doctors, landlords and even fay members to report anyone that they have reason to spect is homosexual and that basilly creat a surveillance state for all LGBTQI+ persons jt for beg, ” she add. Stern said the Anti-Homosexualy Act and siar laws around the world nta provisns that “are tentnally and explicly vague bee the goal is not to keep anyone safe om LGBTQI+ people.

Proponents outnumbered opponents for the first time 2009 — 49 percent to 46 percent — acrdg to an ABC News/Washgton Post numbers ntued to climb, pecially after the Supreme Court enshred the eedom of gay upl to marry natnwi 2015’s Obergefell v.

In her rearch, Twenge said she’s found that as the US beme more dividualistic and Amerins stopped viewg gay and lbian people as a monolh, their attus toward same-sex marriage beme more posive. As recently as 2004, nearly twice as many Amerins opposed than favored allowg gay and lbian people to marry legally; by 2019, public opn had reversed, wh 61% favor and 31% opposed. "As more Amerins see and know LGBTQ people and upl, they see our relatnships are as lovg, as valuable, and as worth protectg as any straight marriage, " Barbara Simon, the head of news and mpaigns at the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), said a statement.