California voters to be asked to affirm gay marriage on 2024 ballot - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS
• READG THE POLLS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND THE CONSTUTN

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults. More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). 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.

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.

AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS

Support for regnizg gay marriag has grown sce the urt's cisn brought the issue to a close. This analysis foc on whether people around the world thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society or not. Homosexualy should be accepted by society OR Homosexualy should not be accepted by society.

The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey. Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. As was 2013, when the qutn was last asked, attus on the acceptance of homosexualy are shaped by the untry which people live.

Those Wtern Europe and the Ameris are generally more acceptg of homosexualy than are those Eastern Europe, Rsia, Ukrae, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Ai.

READG THE POLLS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND THE CONSTUTN

In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007.

Many of the untri surveyed 2002 and 2019 have seen a double-dig crease acceptance of homosexualy. There also have been fairly large shifts acceptance of homosexualy over the past 17 years two very different plac: Mexi and Japan. In both untri, jt over half said they accepted homosexualy 2002, but now closer to seven--ten say this.

In Kenya, only 1 100 said homosexualy should be accepted 2002, pared wh 14% who say this now.