Even though an creasg number of stat have moved toward legalizg same-sex marriage the past year, Amerins’ views on the matter have not changed, wh 57% opposed and 40% favor of legal regnn of gay marriag.
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- MAJORY OF AMERINS CONTUE TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE
- SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
- U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
MAJORY OF AMERINS CONTUE TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE
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More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). 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.
Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults. 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.
SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
* percentage of americans against gay marriage *
Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed.
Some 30 percent of people surveyed by PRRI still thk that gay and lbian upl shouldn't be allowed to marry.
U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
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Survey rponnts were more likely to support nondiscrimatn laws than to support same-sex marriage: Nearly eight ten Amerins (79%) favor laws that would protect gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people agast discrimatn jobs, public acmodatns, and hog, cludg 41% who strongly support them. Nearly two-thirds opposed "religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people. Public support for legally regnizg gay marriag has been nsistently above 50% sce the early 2010s.