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A December poll revealed that 32% supported the concept of civil unions, 31% would offer full marriage rights to same-sex couples, and 30% opposed any legal recognition for gay and lesbian partnerships. [91] In a July 17 poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 55 percent opposed same-sex marriage, and 36 percent were in favor. [92]
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2024, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 36 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
The first legal same-sex marriage ceremony in the United States happened on February 12, 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, when mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom ordered city hall to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This decision resulted in the celebration of the first gay marriage in the United States, when Martin and ...
June 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM. Support for same-sex marriage continued to decline slightly among Republicans in the latest Gallup survey, released Monday. According to the poll, conducted last month ...
A majority of Republicans don’t support same-sex marriage, according to a new Gallup poll. Forty-six percent of GOP respondents said they think same-sex marriage should be legal, down from 49 ...
Approval of same-sex marriage is even higher in younger generations; [18] among 18-34 year olds, according to the General Social Survey, support is near-universal. [13] A 2021 Public Religion Research Institute poll of the states found majority support for same-sex marriage in 47 states, ranging from 50% in South Carolina to 85% in Massachusetts.
Gallup found that nationwide public support for same-sex marriage reached 50% in 2011, [ 6 ] 60% in 2015, [ 7 ] and 70% in 2021. [ 8 ] In the 2020 United States census, same-sex married couples accounted for 0.5% of all U.S. households while unmarried same-sex couples accounted for 0.4% of all U.S. households.
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot following Prop. 8 concerns about the state constitution.