Should Gay Marriage Be Legal? 6 Pros and Cons

Contents:

• STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
• TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%

STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS

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.

TEN REASONS TO 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. “There was once tth to when nservative Christians said people of fah oppose gay marriage, ” he said.

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.

More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%).

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

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.

Hodg legalized gay marriage natnwi, cludg the 14 stat that did not prevly allow gays and lbians to wed.

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

Adults (37%) favored allowg gays and lbians to wed 2009, a share that rose to 62% 2017.