Same Sex Marriage Support Reaches New High
The percentage of Americans who support marriage equality is up to 55%.
Click here for reuse options!Two successive Gallup polls in 2012 saw support climb from 53% to 54%, indicating a steady but slight growth in acceptance of gay marriages over the past year after a more rapid increase between 2009 and 2011. In the latest May 8-11 poll, there is further evidence that support for gay marriage has solidified above the majority level. This comes on the heels of gay marriage proponents’ 14th legal victory in a row.
When Gallup first asked Americans this question about same-sex marriage in 1996, 68% were opposed to recognizing marriage between two men or two women, with slightly more than a quarter supporting it (27%). Since then, support has steadily grown, reaching 42% by 2004 when Massachusetts became the first state to legalize it — a milestone that reached its 10th anniversary this month.
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By: Cheston Catalano
Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.
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granpa.usthai May 21st, 2014 at 14:10
I think, in the long run, equal rights for all instead of equal rights for the select few, has a better tone for ‘liberty bell rings’. – makes the pledge of allegiance to the US flag a bit more acceptable also.
granpa.usthai May 21st, 2014 at 14:10
I think, in the long run, equal rights for all instead of equal rights for the select few, has a better tone for ‘liberty bell rings’. – makes the pledge of allegiance to the US flag a bit more acceptable also.