Two years after the Supreme Court cisn that required stat to regnize same-sex marriag natnwi, support for allowg gays and lbians to marry legally is at s hight pot over 20 years of Pew Rearch Center pollg on the issue.
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GALLUP POLL: 71% US WANT LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE
Gallup Poll: 71% US Want Legal Gay Marriage * current polls on gay marriage *
A small mory of Amerins (27%) supported legal regnn of gay and lbian marriag 1996, when Gallup first asked the qutn.
Amid several legal victori for gay marriage, Amerins' support for has reached new high of 55%, which clus creasg support among young adults. * current polls on gay marriage *
Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults.
Hodg cisn, public support for legalizg gay marriage cracked the 60% level, and last year reached the 70% mark for the first time. 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. Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed.
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * current polls on gay marriage *
At this time, given both shifts public attus and the Obergefell cisn, gay marriage is unlikely to reemerge as a major issue U.
No ser efforts by the Republin Party, who were once stnch opponents to legalizg gay marriage, have been ma sce the urt's cisn -- even recent years, unr a Republin print. 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.
* current polls on gay marriage *
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.
Amerins creasgly support gay and lbian rights and same-sex marriage, but support for trans issu—like genr-affirmg re and bathroom accs—lag behd amid unrelentg GOP cricism. * current polls on gay marriage *
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. The fall the number of Amerins who thk that gay and lbian relatnships are morally acceptable—down seven percentage pots—was the most signifint the entire list of issu on which Gallup qutned om a long-term perspective, Amerins' opn on issu around LGBTQ+ rights have followed a liberal trend— 2002 a mory 38 percent of Amerins found same-sex relatnships acceptable— the drop support for same-sex relatnships this year has brought the U. Republin support for gay marriage has hovered around the 50% mark sce 2020, wh slight majori backg 2021 and 2022, Gallup observed.
College-ted people are more favor of gay marriage than those whout gre, while Southerners have a ls favorable opn of than those on the asts or the Midwt.