Many Brons have changed their mds on gay marriage

HALF OF AMERINS SUPPORT LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE

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As a rult, Print Obama's mpaign strategy team obvly is ntug to grapple wh how to handle -- wh the vice print on the one hand sentially endorsg legalized gay marriage, while the admistratn on the other hand stops jt short of the same pronouncement. The print has said his view on the issue is "evolvg, " so is possible he will eventually go on rerd as supportg gay marriage, but for now, he officially remas opposed. More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%).

A small mory of Amerins (27%) supported legal regnn of gay and lbian marriag 1996, when Gallup first asked the qutn. This uld suggt that support for gay marriage has reached a ceilg for this group, at least for now.

THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE CAMPAIGN 2008

Overview Opns about a pair of ntent social issu, gun ntrol and gay marriage, have changed substantially sce prev printial * gay marriage polling 2008 *

Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults.

Sce Gallup's ial measure on support for gay marriage 1996, when 27% backed , the percentage of U. 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.

Support for regnizg gay marriag has grown sce the urt's cisn brought the issue to a close. 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.

MORE SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS, GAY MARRIAGE THAN 2008 OR 2004

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 polling 2008 *

Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed.

Trend which gay marriage qutn preced by qutns on legaly of gay/lbian rights and relatns. ^ Asked of a half sample; 1996-2005 WORDING: "Do you thk marriag between homosexuals...

Trend which gay marriage qutn NOT preced by qutns on legaly of gay/lbian rights and relatns. Pictur of same-sex upl smoochg San Francis were fact a powerful get-out-the-vote tool for socially nservative voters, who propelled the anti-gay marriage measur to victory all 13 stat, and helped bolster Gee W.

GAY MARRIAGE GAS MORE ACCEPTANCE

For the first time 15 years of Pew Rearch Center pollg, fewer than half oppose same-sex marriage, though, support (42%) remas below opposn (48%). The shift favor of gay marriage has been broad-based, occurrg across many mographic, polil and relig groups. * gay marriage polling 2008 *

Even though opponents of gay marriage California vow to fight on—a measure to amend the state nstutn to ban same-sex marriage is likely to be on the ballot this November—the issue is unlikely to pack the same punch as did only four years ago. Even though a majory of Amerins (56 per cent, acrdg to a Gallup poll last week) oppose gay marriage, public opn is shiftg, pecially when to nferrg equal rights to same-sex upl by grantg civil unns.

But McCa watchers say 's more important that the ndidate didn't mentn the California cisn—or his own posn on gay marriage— a major speech he gave the same day outlg his printial agenda. "His heart's not , " says one rmal adviser to McCa, not thorized to speak for his mpaign, of the battle over gay marriage. While the issue may help him ga tractn wh some on the relig right, 's unlikely that agreement on gay marriage alone will be enough to mobilize nservative voters who are wary of McCa's maverick streak on social issu.