Despite right-wing attacks, support for same-sex marriage hits record high at 71% in US.
Supporters and opposers of same-sex marriages gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court waiting for its decision on April 28, 2015, in Washington, D.C.Conservatives and the far right have been waging a relentless battle to attack the LGBTQ community that has gained steam in recent years — but, despite these often frightening smear campaigns, polling has found that support for gay marriage among the public remains at an all time high.
Support for gay marriage has steadily been climbing since Gallup first began polling on the issue. In 1996, only 27 percent of Americans said they believed that gay couples should enjoy the same marriage rights; support passed 50 percent in 2012 — three years before the landmark Supreme Court case protecting same sex marriage rights across the country — and has stayed above that level since then.
The group most likely to think that gay couples should not have the same rights are those who attend church weekly, the polling found, with just 41 percent showing support for the idea. Republicans had the next lowest level of support — and even then, nearly half said they support same sex marriages.
Every other demographic polled — less frequent churchgoers, Southern residents or people aged 50 or older, for instance — showed majority support for gay marriage.
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