The latest polling from Gallup shows 69% of Americans support same-sex couples’ right to marry – a near-record high. The same survey also indicates 64% see gay/lesbian relations as “morally acceptable.”
A majority of Americans (69%) continue to believe that marriage between same-sex couples should be legal.
New data: https://t.co/54OLZfkgAy pic.twitter.com/TK0fgNpdd8 — Gallup (@Gallup) June 24, 2024
From Gallup:
The recent halt in the long-term upward trend in both indicators of public support for the LGBTQ+ community reflects Democrats’ and independents’ support leveling off, while Republicans’ has dipped slightly.
The latest 69% of Americans who support legal same-sex marriage, from Gallup’s May 1-23 Values and Beliefs poll, is statistically similar to the record high of 71% recorded in 2022 and 2023.
When Gallup first polled about same-sex marriage in 1996, 27% of Americans thought such unions should be legal, and 68% said they should not.
By 2004, 42% were in favor, and in 2011, support crossed the majority level for the first time. After registering slightly lower in two subsequent measures, public support for legal recognition of same-sex unions has remained above 50% consistently since late 2012.
Broken down by political affiliation, 83% of Democrats and 74% of independents support marriage equality, while just 46% of Republicans favor legalized same-sex marriage. 
When the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas made a point to say Obergefell ruling (which made marriage equality legal across the nation) should be revisited.
It’s too soon to say with certainty that the Supreme Court’s conservatives are laying the groundwork to overturn Obergefell and abolish constitutional protections for same-sex couples.
But IF that’s the plan, this is exactly what it would look like. https://t.co/7LTodMJXyN — Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 24, 2024
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