A slim majory of Amerins now support gay marriage, acrdg to a new Washgton Post-ABC News poll. The rults unrsre the natn’s creasgly tolerant views about homosexuals, and parallel a strg of recent legal and legislative victori for gay rights advot.
Contents:
- SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT HS NEW HIGH POST-ABC POLL
- SLIM MAJORY BACK GAY MARRIAGE, POST-ABC POLL SAYS
- POLL TRACKS DRAMATIC RISE IN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * national gay marriage poll *
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. Proponents outnumbered opponents for the first time 2009 — 49 percent to 46 percent — acrdg to an ABC News/Washgton Post numbers ntued to climb, pecially after the Supreme Court enshred the eedom of gay upl to marry natnwi 2015’s Obergefell v. Gay marriage beme the law of the land after the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell cisn, and Print Joe Bin signed bipartisan legislatn to ward off future judicial attempts at undog s legaly late last year.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
Y. A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24. * national gay marriage poll *
Among many groups -- cludg olr adults, Prottants and rints of the South -- perspectiv on gay marriage have gone om majory opposn to majory support over the urse of Gallup’s trend spanng more than a quarter of a century.
GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT HS NEW HIGH POST-ABC POLL
The latt New York Tim/CBS News poll as the Supreme Court prepar to issue cisns on two high-profile gay marriage s. * national gay marriage poll *
Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U. Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right.
A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24, “How have recent bat about state laws rtrictg the rights of LGBTQ young people impacted your mental health?
That was the year Democratic Print Bill Clton signed to law the now-overturned Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which barred feral regnn of state-granted gay marriag. Those who are opposed to gay marriage are a good al more likely to say that a ndidate's stance on the issue n make or break whether that ndidate receiv their vote (37%) than those who are supportive of gay marriage (21%). While pro-gay marriage voters are more likely to hold a polil ndidate's feet to the fire than the past, there is an even larger bloc of anti-gay marriage voters who uld reject a ndidate for pog marriage equaly.
SLIM MAJORY BACK GAY MARRIAGE, POST-ABC POLL SAYS
Fifty percent say equal protectn Constutn giv gays the right to marry; 41 percent say don’t. * national gay marriage poll *
As Hillary Clton seeks the Democratic nomatn 2016, her support for gay marriage may be even more important as her party embrac the platform more closely than has the past. So far, none of the Republins who have announced their 2016 ndidacy support gay marriage, and neher have any potential ndidat who are expected to officially throw their hats the rg.
POLL TRACKS DRAMATIC RISE IN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
The poll also fds that 60% of Republins oppose gay marriage, and nearly half want to make providg genr-affirmg medil re to transgenr youth a crime. * national gay marriage poll *
Jeb Bh, who is wily viewed as a top 2016 ntenr, recently doubled down on his stance agast gay marriage -- a move nsistent wh the opns of rank-and-file Republins who, spe showg creased support for gay marriage, still oppose outright. 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.
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. 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.
A clear majory says gay marriage should be legal * national gay marriage poll *
In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial. For example, some untri, those who are affiliated wh a relig group tend to be ls acceptg of homosexualy than those who are unaffiliated (a group sometim referred to as relig “non”). For example, Swen, the Netherlands and Germany, all of which have a per-pa gross domtic product over $50, 000, acceptance of homosexualy is among the hight measured across the 34 untri surveyed.
The study is a follow-up to a 2013 report that found many of the same patterns as seen today, although there has been an crease acceptance of homosexualy across many of the untri surveyed both years. Central and Eastern Europeans, however, are more divid on the subject, wh a median of 46% who say homosexualy should be accepted and 44% sayg should not be. But sub-Saharan Ai, the Middle East, Rsia and Ukrae, few say that society should accept homosexualy; only South Ai (54%) and Israel (47%) do more than a quarter hold this view.
However, while took nearly 15 years for acceptance to rise 13 pots om 2000 to jt before the feral legalizatn of gay marriage June 2015, there was a near equal rise acceptance jt the four years sce legalizatn.