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.
SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
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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. 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. 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.
U.S. SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STABLE, AT 63%
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Public support for legally regnizg gay marriag has been nsistently above 50% sce the early 2010s.
Hodg cisn, public support for legalizg gay marriage cracked the 60% level.
Today, majori of all but two key subgroups -- Republins (49%) and weekly churchgoers (41%) -- say gay marriag should be legally regnized. Republin support for gay marriage has hovered around the 50% mark sce 2020, wh slight majori backg 2021 and 2022.