A Stable Majority: Most Americans Still Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

From the Pew Forum:

In the time since the Massachusetts high court declared the state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional in 2003, public opinion on the issue has remained relatively stable. Indeed, majorities of Americans have consistently opposed legalizing same-sex marriage – from 53% opposed in a summer 2003 survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, to 55% opposed in an August 2007 Pew survey. The 2007 poll found 36% of the public in favor of allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, about the same as in 2003. (See An Overview of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate.) (link is here)

This is not as good as it first sounds as most are in favor of civil unions. Civil unions are a very slippery slope and will in time lead to the redefining of marriage which will have vast societal and economic impacts on this country. Stay tuned for more on this discussion.