As recently as 2010, more Americans opposed (48%) than favored (42%) allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally. Views on same-sex marriage have shifted dramatically in recent years. Two years after the Supreme Court decision that required states to recognize same-sex marriages nationwide, support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally is at its highest point in over 20 years of Pew Research Center polling on the issue.īy a margin of nearly two-to-one (62% to 32%), more Americans now say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry than say they are opposed.
