The Compani Aren't Aaid To Support The Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Rulgs
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
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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
What are the Bt LGBTQ Organizatns (Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) the world? The plete LGBT Organizatn Rourc. * organizations supporting gay marriage *
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. Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
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. 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.
TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
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.