Fifty-three percent of Amerins favor legal same-sex marriage, unchanged om last November and the third nsecutive readg of 50% or higher. At the same time, Amerins believe the U.S. public oppos gay marriage.
Contents:
- SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
- GAY MARRIAGE SURVEY
- U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
Public support for allowg gays and lbians to marry legally ntu s rapid rise: A 57% majory of Amerins now favor allowg same-sex marriage, up om 42% jt five years ago. * gay marriage survey *
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.
GAY MARRIAGE SURVEY
Gay Marriage Survey is a rearch project that aims to study public opn on the issue of gay marriage. The survey will be nducted onle and will be open to anyone who wish to participate. The survey will ask qutns about your personal views on gay marriage, as well as your thoughts on the legal and polil bat surroundg the issue. The survey is anonymo and will take only a few mut to plete. * gay marriage survey *
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.
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. As recently as 2004, nearly twice as many Amerins opposed than favored allowg gay and lbian people to marry legally; by 2019, public opn had reversed, wh 61% favor and 31% opposed. 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. Today, majori of all but two key subgroups -- Republins (49%) and weekly churchgoers (41%) -- say gay marriag should be legally regnized.
U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * gay marriage survey *
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.