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 »
Stalin, Mother Teresa, and Rob Portman: What do they have in common?
Rob Portman, Republican senator from Ohio and one-time contender for Romney’s would-be VP slot, announced on Friday that he has reversed his very public stance against gay marriage. … According to Portman, it can all be credited to his son, Will — an openly gay 21-year-old man who came out […] 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 »
Poll Tracks Dramatic Rise In Support for Gay Marriage
Support for gay marriage reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade. Fifty-eight percent of Americans now say it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed. [cont.] Gary Langer, ABC […] Read more »