Two new surveys from Public Religion Research Institute shed light on Americans’ perspectives on the crucial issues raised by two cases that will be heard before the Supreme Court in late March 2013: the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8. The bottom line: half (50%) of Americans […] Read more »
Americans OK Benefits for Federal Worker Same-Sex Spouses
By 54% to 39%, Americans say they would vote for a law giving marriage benefits, such as those for insurance, taxes, or Social Security, to spouses of federal employees in same-sex marriages. Support is predictably higher among Democrats than it is among Republicans. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
49% Favor Gay Marriage, up from 32% in 2003
American voters remain divided on same-sex marriage, according to a Fox News national poll released Thursday. The new poll shows that 49 percent of voters favor legalizing gay marriage, while 46 percent oppose it. That represents a significant shift since the question was first asked on a Fox poll in […] Read more »
Growing Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Minds and Changing Demographics
The rise in support for same-sex marriage over the past decade is among the largest changes in opinion on any policy issue over this time period. A new national survey finds that much of the shift is attributable to the arrival of a large cohort of young adults – the […] Read more »
A good start on that GOP makeover? Evolve on gay marriage.
Even as a fresh round of soul searching has broken out among Republicans about how to repair the GOP’s problems, a new Washington Post poll finds that public support for gay marriage — a key area where GOP Congressional officials continue to refuse to evolve — is at an all […] Read more »
Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll
Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll shows that 58 percent of Americans now believe it should be legal for gay […] Read more »