In the space of a decade, same-sex marriage has gone from being an issue Americans overwhelming oppose to one a majority increasingly supports, according to a long list of polls. …
While the public, on the whole, seems to be casting off in the direction of legalizing same-sex marriage, Republicans are moving much more slowly – and that’s true even when one takes factors like geography into account.
That means that, despite what the polls say and despite what the courts rule, gay marriage seems likely to remain a hot topic and a divisive issue in politics in the 2014 midterms and the 2016 presidential race. CONT.
Dante Chinni (American U.), Wall Street Journal
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