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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.
In 1996, just 27 percent of Americans said they believed same-sex partners should enjoy the same rights as opposite-sex couples. Today, more than 70 percent support marriage equality. That shift ...
During the 2024 United States presidential election, the Heritage foundation with contributors from the cabinet of Donald Trump has outlined legislation on Project 2025 for a large rollback of LGBT rights in the United States and a rollback of same-sex marriage in the US. As well as a rollback on all legal protections on the basis of "gender ...
The existing platform from 2016 had opposed same-sex marriage. [182] On Trump's campaign website, the campaign included a page for "Trump Pride," claiming that Donald Trump decided "to openly support the LGBT community." [183] The "Trump Pride" coalition of the 2020 campaign also stated that Trump supports same-sex marriage.
February 12 – March 11: San Francisco issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples. February 20: A clerk in Sandoval County, New Mexico, issues licenses to same-sex couples until state Attorney General Patricia Madrid issues an opinion stating that the licenses are "invalid under state law".
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 ...
Your guide to Proposition 3: Affirming gay marriage in California's Constitution. California remains a national leader on LGBTQ+ rights, but a line in the state Constitution still defines marriage ...
Approval of same-sex marriage is higher in younger generations; [4] among 18–34 year olds, support is near-universal. [5] From 1988 to 2009, support for recognized same-sex marriage increased between 1% and 1.5% per year, and accelerated thereafter, [6] rising above 50% in Pew Research Center polling for the first time in 2011. [7]