Majority Of Americans Now Support Gay Marriage
Talking Points Memo reports:
In another sign of Americans' rapidly changing attitudes toward gay rights, a new ABC News/Washington Post survey released today finds that, for the first time in a decade of polling, a majority of Americans now support same sex marriage.
That finding comes just weeks after the Obama administration announced that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act -- the law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing same sex marriages performed in states where they are legal -- in court. And it adds weight to the reinvigorated efforts of pro-gay-rights Democrats who, for the first time, see the issue as a political winner.
In the poll, 53% of American adults said they think same sex marriage should be legal, compared to 44% who said it should not be. ABC found support for same sex marriage up six points from just one year ago, when 47% of Americans told the network it should be legal, while 50% said it should remain illegal.
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