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A December poll revealed that 32% supported the concept of civil unions, 31% would offer full marriage rights to same-sex couples, and 30% opposed any legal recognition for gay and lesbian partnerships. In a July 17 poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 55 percent opposed same-sex marriage, and 36 percent were in favor.
In 2004, only 31% of Americans supported same-sex marriage, while 60% were opposed, according to a Pew Research Center poll. ... I thought of my gay marriage — and Jim Obergefell's fight.
The Pew Research Center similarly found 40% in 2010, 50% in 2013 and 61% in 2019. [212] As of 2016, 83% of Americans aged 18–29 supported same-sex marriage. [213] As of 2021, there is majority support for same-sex marriage in 47 states, ranging from 50% in South Carolina to 85% in Massachusetts.
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2024, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 36 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
The first legal same-sex marriage ceremony in the United States happened on February 12, 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, when mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom ordered city hall to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This decision resulted in the celebration of the first gay marriage in the United States, when Martin and ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months and 20 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the Constitution of ...
March 3: Washington, D.C.'s statute authorizing same-sex marriages takes effect. [155] April 1: The 2010 United States census becomes the first to track same-sex-led households, both married and unmarried. [156] July 8: Judge Joseph Tauro of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts holds in two related cases ( Gill v.
An October 2011 University of Washington poll found that 55% of Washington voters would vote to uphold a legislatively approved same-sex marriage bill if it were put to a referendum, while 38% would oppose it and 7% were undecided. A separate question on the same survey found that 43% of respondents thought that gay and lesbian couples should ...