2015 approval rating of gay marriage

Windsorstruck down the Defense of Marriage Act and forced the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. Support for gay marriage has never been higher as the U. About 6 in 10 Americans favor gay marriage, the poll found -- an all-time high and almost twice the support of the 30 percent of Americans who said they felt that way in Democrats and young people are the strongest supporters of gay marriage.

It would take another 15 years, untilfor support to reach the majority level. Public support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally continues its rapid rise: A 57% majority of Americans now favor allowing same-sex marriage, up from 42% just five years ago.

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Then injust one month before the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. In Other groups whose support for gay marriage is on the uptick are Hispanics and people without college degrees, according to the poll. Up for debate is whether states with bans on same-sex marriage are in violation of the constitution.

United States. Public opinion of same-sex marriage in the United States has significantly changed since the s, [2] and a majority of Americans now favor same-sex marriage. The latest figures are from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May When Gallup first polled about same-sex marriage inbarely a quarter of the public (27%) supported legalizing such unions.

When the National Opinion Research Center asked the first question on same-sex marriage inonly 12 percent agreed that homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another. Strikes On Its Soil: Report. Conservative support for same-sex marriage has increased by 9 percent sincefrom 26 percent back then to 35 percent today.

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{INSERTKEYS} [3] From to , support for recognized same-sex marriage increased between 1% and % per year, and accelerated thereafter, [4] rising above 50% in Pew Research Center polling for the first time in [5] A Public. Only 27 percent of Republicans favored same-sex marriage in , according to the Wall Street Journal.

Nearly three-fourths of both groups favor same-sex marriage, the poll found. While a minority of Republicans -- 40 percent -- support same-sex marriage, their support for gay marriage has been sharply trending upward. The court will now hear whether state bans on same-sex marriage defy the constitution.

Nearly 80 percent of respondents said they either personally know or work with someone who is gay or lesbian -- a 15 percent increase from the 62 percent who said so in The poll of 1, adults, which was conducted March and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.

A landmark case, United States v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in June, public opinion on same-sex marriage remained remarkably stable. Hodges decision. Based on interviews with more than 42, Americans conducted between May and December , PRRI finds that 53% of Americans.

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