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Contents:
- SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- GAY MARRIAGE
SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * gay marriage poll *
A small mory of Amerins (27%) supported legal regnn of gay and lbian marriag 1996, when Gallup first asked the qutn.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
* gay marriage poll *
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.
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.
GAY MARRIAGE
Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed. 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.