A new report from PPRI (01 May 2018) reveals increasing support for same sex marriage in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had a right to marry in 2015.
The Christian community remains A House Divided on support for same-sex marriage but the percentage of supporters is changing.
Here's the data for Christians from the PPRI report:
Roughly two-thirds of white mainline Protestants (67%), white Catholics (66%), Orthodox Christians (66%), and Hispanic Catholics (65%) also favor same-sex marriage.
A bar graph shows how the rates of opposition changed between 2013 and 2017. In all groups of Christians, there is a decline in opposition. (PRRI Figure 3).
Age appears to be a major factor predicting support for same-sex marriage. The differences are outstanding. Overall, young Americans (age 18-29) support LG marriage at a rate of 77% but, the support is only 47% for those over age 65.
Perhaps not surprisingly, young white evangelicals (25%) are also significantly different from their elders (53%) in supporting legal same-sex marriage.
Other findings include increasing support for nondiscriminaiton protections.
See the PRRI report for more analyses. They also provide detail about their survey methodology.
Read more about the Christian divide over same-sex marriage in Chapter 9 of A House Divided.
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