Whether they like it or not, 72% of Americans think legalization of gay marriage is inevitable
But 45% in Pew Research Poll still think engaging in homosexual behavior is a sin
Many of them may not support it themselves, but 72% of Americans see
gay marriage as inevitable in the US, according to an extensive poll
released this week by the Pew Research Center.
Large majorities across most demographic groups in the US feel this way including Protestants, Catholics, college grads, high school drop-outs, old, young, middle-aged, black, white, Hispanic and from all parts of the country.
But opinions about the issue and support for it remain deeply divided by age, partisanship and religious affiliation.
For example: Just 22% of white evangelical Protestants favor same-sex marriage and just 31% of Republicans favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, compared with majorities of Democrats (59%) and independents (58%).
People 65 and older are 30 points more likely to view legal recognition of same-sex marriage as inevitable than to favor it (69% vs. 39%). Among those younger than 30, about as many see legal same-sex marriage as inevitable as support gay marriage (69%, 65%).
Overall, support for same-sex marriage has edged above 50% for the first time in a Pew Research Center survey with 51% in favor of gays and lesbians marrying legally, while 42% are opposed. In a March poll, 49% favored same-sex marriage and 44% were opposed.
The survey sows that people younger than the age of 30 support gay marriage by about two-to-one, while those age 50 and older are divided.
There is also far more support for gay marriage among college graduates than among those who never attended college. And there is more support in the Northeast part of the US than in other regions.
The survey findings are based on interviews with a national sample of 1,504 adults, 18 years and older, living in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia on 1-5 May.
Large majorities across most demographic groups in the US feel this way including Protestants, Catholics, college grads, high school drop-outs, old, young, middle-aged, black, white, Hispanic and from all parts of the country.
But opinions about the issue and support for it remain deeply divided by age, partisanship and religious affiliation.
For example: Just 22% of white evangelical Protestants favor same-sex marriage and just 31% of Republicans favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, compared with majorities of Democrats (59%) and independents (58%).
People 65 and older are 30 points more likely to view legal recognition of same-sex marriage as inevitable than to favor it (69% vs. 39%). Among those younger than 30, about as many see legal same-sex marriage as inevitable as support gay marriage (69%, 65%).
Overall, support for same-sex marriage has edged above 50% for the first time in a Pew Research Center survey with 51% in favor of gays and lesbians marrying legally, while 42% are opposed. In a March poll, 49% favored same-sex marriage and 44% were opposed.
The survey sows that people younger than the age of 30 support gay marriage by about two-to-one, while those age 50 and older are divided.
There is also far more support for gay marriage among college graduates than among those who never attended college. And there is more support in the Northeast part of the US than in other regions.
The survey findings are based on interviews with a national sample of 1,504 adults, 18 years and older, living in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia on 1-5 May.
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