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Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry.

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GAY MARRIAGE

Disver all facts and statistics on Homosexualy (gays and lbians) the U.S. on ! * gay marriage facts 2016 *

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

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.

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

Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Ecuador 2019Lat Ameri-CaribbeanCourt lg ma Ecuador the fifth South Amerin untry to allow gays and lbians to wed.

Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns.

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Jt over half of Amerins (55%) say they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, while 37% rema opposed, acrdg to our March poll. * gay marriage facts 2016 *

Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995. 1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal.

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The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * gay marriage facts 2016 *

While the public’s attus toward gay marriage rema unchanged om a year ago, they have changed dramatilly over the past two s.

Now, jt over half of Amerins (55%) say they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, while 37% rema opposed, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center’s March poll.

Among Republins, 71% of nservative Republins oppose allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, more than twice the share of GOP morat and liberals (34%). Democrats across the board are supportive of gay marriage (70% favor, 24% oppose), wh slight differenc by iology and ndidate preference.

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Liberal Democrats overwhelmgly support gay marriage (84%), pared wh a smaller majory of their nservative and morate unterparts (59% favor). And a wi 83% majory of Bernie Sanrs supporters are supportive of gays and lbians marryg legally (jt 15% are opposed), pared wh a smaller majory of Hillary Clton supporters (68%).

Today, a 63% majory say homosexualy should be accepted by society, a share that also has grown over the past few s. Ten years ago, a 77% majory of those unaffiliated wh a relign said homosexualy should be accepted by society, and still today fully 80% say this.

Prottants overall are more likely than they were 10 years ago to say homosexualy should be accepted by society (52% now vs. Among whe evangelil Prottants, a third (34%) say homosexualy should be accepted by society, a share that has creased 12 percentage pots om 2006. And half of black Prottants now thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society, up jt slightly om 44% a ago.

In filgs the 303 Creative v. Elenis se is a supposed requt for a gay weddg webse—but the man named the requt says he never filed . * gay marriage facts 2016 *

By ntrast, a large majory of whe male Prottants hold the view that homosexualy should be accepted by society, and this share also has creased over time: Fully three-quarters say this now (76%), pared wh 53% 2006. Two-thirds of Catholics now say homosexualy should be accepted by society, pared wh 22% who say should be disuraged. Views among Catholics have shifted mostly over the past : The share that says homosexualy should be accepted is up 8 pots om 2006 (58% said accepted then, 31% disuraged).

When to differenc among partisans on whether homosexualy should be accepted by society, there has been a persistent 26-pot gap between Republins and Democrats over the urse of a . About three-quarters of Democrats (74%) hold the view that homosexualy should be accepted, up om 59% 2006.

The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * gay marriage facts 2016 *

Today, two-thirds of pennts say homosexualy should be accepted by society, while 25% say should be disuraged. Jt about half of Republins (48%) now say homosexualy should be accepted, a number that has ticked up 15 pots om s low 10 years ago. Republins today are somewhat more likely than they were a year ago to say homosexualy should be accepted by society.

Up until a year ago, a majory of Republins thought homosexualy should be disuraged by society, but views have sce bee more mixed. While 41% of Republins now say homosexualy should be disuraged, 48% thk should be accepted by society.

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