Two years after the Supreme Court cisn that required stat to regnize same-sex marriag natnwi, support for allowg gays and lbians to marry legally is at s hight pot over 20 years of Pew Rearch Center pollg on the issue.
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- U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
- GROWG SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE: CHANGED MDS AND CHANGG DEMOGRAPHICS
U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
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. 63% also say gay or lbian relatns are morally acceptable. Gallup polls over the past have mostly shown small, cremental creas support for gay marriage each year.
GROWG SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE: CHANGED MDS AND CHANGG DEMOGRAPHICS
Gay marriage was legalized dozens of stat the 2000s and early 2010s before the Supreme Court's cisn Obergefell v.
Gay Marriage Support Has Increased by Double Digs Among All Groups Sce 1999. Twenty years ago, a majory of jt one group -- 18- to 29-year-olds (52%) -- supported legalizg gay marriage. Today, majori of most groups support gay marriage -- wh the exceptn of adults aged 65 and olr (47%) and Republins (44%).
Women (66%) rema slightly more approvg than men of legal gay marriage (61%).