A Gallup survey released Wednesday reported its highest support yet for allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.
When pollsters asked 1,028 adults, "Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?" 55 percent answered that such unions should be valid.Forty-two percent said they should not.
Gallup first recorded majority (53%) support for marriage equality in 2011.
The polling firm noted that while only 30 percent of Republicans support same-sex marriage, they have nearly doubled their support for it since 1996, the first year Gallup asked the question.
However, a Washington Post-ABC News survey conducted in March found even higher support, with 59 percent of participants saying they support allowing gay couples to marry.
(Related: New poll records highest support for gay marriage yet.)
When pollsters asked 1,028 adults, "Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?" 55 percent answered that such unions should be valid.Forty-two percent said they should not.
Gallup first recorded majority (53%) support for marriage equality in 2011.
The polling firm noted that while only 30 percent of Republicans support same-sex marriage, they have nearly doubled their support for it since 1996, the first year Gallup asked the question.
However, a Washington Post-ABC News survey conducted in March found even higher support, with 59 percent of participants saying they support allowing gay couples to marry.
(Related: New poll records highest support for gay marriage yet.)
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