More Americans than ever support the right for same-sex couples to marry, a new Gallup poll finds.
In a survey of about 1,000 U.S. adults conducted last month, 71% of respondents said they support the legal right to same-sex marriage, beating last year’s record by one percentage point. The findings are up from 42% in 2004, when Massachusetts first legalized same-sex marriage. Support reached 58% in July 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court ruled on Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark case that affirmed same-sex marriage under the 14th Amendment.
While only 40% of people who said they attend church weekly said they support same-sex marriage, the right found support in 70% of respondents who said they attend church nearly weekly or at least monthly. Eighty-two percent of people who never attend church said they support same-sex marriage, in keeping with trends analyzed by Gallup since 2004.
