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When 03/26/2013
Simple. Love is love.
For the next two days, the Supreme Court is discussing the constitutionality of gay marriage bans. Let’s show our support and solidarity in favor of equal love.
Our lifestyle editor, Amanda Hess, reports on recent polling that finds the gap on support for gay marriage closing. Other sexual liberties aren’t growing support the same way though:
Americans are now evenly split on same-sex marriage: 47 percent support marriage rights for gays and lesbians, and 47 percent oppose them. That stalemate won’t last long—critics of gay unions are dying off. According to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute, only 31 percent of Americans over age 65 support gays getting hitched, compared to 62 percent of Americans under 30.
But strong millennial support for gay marriage has not translated into an uptick in acceptance of other sexual freedoms, like the right to an abortion. The Public Religion Research Institute notes that popular support for keeping abortion legal has dipped a percentage point since 1999, and young Americans are not swelling the ranks of abortion rights supporters. Today, while 57 percent of people under 30 see gay sex as “morally acceptable,” only 46 percent of them would say the same thing about having an abortion.
In June, New York became the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage. Here’s a look at how attitudes toward marriage are changing across the nation.
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Via Column Five for Good.is
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