IsaacNewton
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Emerging Consensus on LGBT Issues: Findings From the 2017 American Values Atlas | PRRI
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that same sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, support for same-sex marriage has increased substantially. Currently, more than six in ten (61%) Americans say gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry legally, while only about half as many (30%) are opposed.
Strength of support for same-sex marriage has increased dramatically over the past decade, while strength of opposition has fallen in nearly equal measure. Today, Americans who strongly favor same-sex marriage outnumber those who strongly oppose it by more than a two-to-one margin (30% vs. 14%). In 2007, only 13% of the public strongly favored same-sex marriage, while nearly one-quarter (24%) strongly opposed it.1 Much of this shift has occurred within the last five years. As recently as 2013, more than four in ten (42%) Americans opposed same-sex marriage, including about one in four (23%) who strongly opposed it.2 Over the last five years, strong supporters of same-sex marriage increased only modestly, from 25% to 30%.
Even the majority of Muslims are supportive. it looks like the battle is won in the US.
Republicans always sell things as 'end of the world'. Once they pass into law and people don't see any change around them they see it was never 'an issue' to be scared of. It is the never ending cycle of having to drab conservatives forward passed the change they are scared of.
One less phony issue for Republicans to run on in elections. This year it's 'caravans'.