Growg Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Mds and Changg Demographics | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• 27 COMPANI THAT AREN'T AAID TO SUPPORT THE SUPREME COURT'S GAY MARRIAGE RULGS
• GROWG SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE: CHANGED MDS AND CHANGG DEMOGRAPHICS
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

27 COMPANI THAT AREN'T AAID TO SUPPORT THE SUPREME COURT'S GAY MARRIAGE RULGS

Are nnected to a iend who has exprsly intified themselv as gay, lbian or bisexual on their timele.

GROWG SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE: CHANGED MDS AND CHANGG DEMOGRAPHICS

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. This uld suggt that support for gay marriage has reached a ceilg for this group, at least for now.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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

A new natnal survey fds that much of the shift is attributable to the arrival of a large hort of young adults – the Millennial generatn – who are far more open to gay rights than prev generatns. Equally important, however, is that 14% of all Amerins – and 28% of gay marriage supporters – say they have changed their mds on this issue favor of gay marriage. Pollg nducted 2003 found most Amerins (58%) opposed to allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, and jt a third (33%) favor.

TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

Roughly a third (32%) say is bee they know someone – a iend, fay member or other acquatance – who is homosexual. About one--five (18%) say they changed their mds to support gay marriage bee the world has changed and that this kd of shift is evable. Opns about homosexualy and the possible impact same-sex marriage also have shifted substantially over the past .

In 2003, as the bate over same-sex marriage tensified and Massachetts beme the first state to allow same-sex marriage, a 56% majory of Amerins felt that allowg gays and lbians to marry would unrme the tradnal Amerin fay, while 39% disagreed. Other trends have shown siar movement sce 2003: The percentage sayg same-sex upl n be as good parents as heterosexual upl has risen 10 pots (to 64%) and there has been a parable crease the percentage sayg that general homosexualy should be accepted, rather than disuraged, by society. Even among those who oppose allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, a third (33%) say that same-sex upl should have the same legal rights as other upl.

More Say Homosexualy Should Be Accepted. The growg acceptance of same-sex marriage is occurrg as broar attus about homosexualy are changg. Ten years ago, the public was evenly divid about whether homosexualy should be accepted (47%) or disuraged (45%) by society.