There is GOOD NEWS for the country. Attitudes toward gay marriage have changed
dramatically over the last 10 years.
Pew Research has released an analysis of survey data on
Americans’ attitudes toward gay marriage going back to 2003-2004 which shows
that support for gay marriage has increased dramatically in the last nine years
across all groups, old and young alike
Forty-six percent of Americans now FAVOR same sex marriage, up from just
32% in 2003-2004. A decade ago, Pew could not
find a single demographic with majority support for gay marriage. Now, it finds majority support among the
young, women, college graduates and those with some college, upper income
groups and Americans living in the Northeast or West. Majority opposition to gay marriage is now
concentrated among the elderly (over 65), men over 50, Southerners, non-Hispanic
Blacks, and Americans with less than a high school education. Even among those groups only bare majorities
now oppose gay marriage. The definite
trend among all groups is a decline of opposition to gay marriage and an increase
of support for same-sex marriage.
You can see more on Pew’s analysis including a detailed
breakdown of the results by group here: http://www.people-press.org/2012/05/23/changing-views-of-gay-marriage-a-deeper-analysis/?src=rss_main
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