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A Return to Truth? GOP Support for Gay Marriage Falls
Republicans’ support for same-sex marriage has dropped as the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide approaches.
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Gallup released aĀ surveyĀ of 1,003 American adults conducted between May 1-18 last week, documenting views about same-sex marriage and same-sex relationships in general. The poll, which had a margin of error of +/-4 percentage points, comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Courtās 2015Ā Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Gallup has consistently measured public opinion about same-sex marriage for more than two decades.
Overall, most Americans (68%) said they believe same-sex marriages should be recognized as valid. This constitutes a slight drop from the record high of 71% measured in 2022 and 2023.
Broken down by political parties, the results of the survey reveal a widening gap. Support for same-sex marriage among Democrats reached a record high of 88% this year. By contrast, approval of same-sex marriage among Republicans was measured at just 41%. This year marked the third-consecutive year where support for same-sex marriage dropped among Republicans after reaching a record high of 55% in both 2021 and 2022.
Among independents who do not identify with either party, 76% supported same-sex marriage. This marks an increase from the amount of support for same-sex marriage measured by independents last year (74%) while still falling short of the record high of 77% recorded in 2023.
When asked about their views on same-sex relationships, the view that such relations were morally acceptable reached a record high of 86% among Democrats this year. Majorities of both independents (69%) and Americans as a whole (64%) believed that same-sex relationships were morally acceptable in 2025, down from respective record highs of 74% and 71%.
Among Republicans, 38% viewed same-sex relations as morally acceptable, marking a third-consecutive year of decline following a record high percentage (56%) indicating they saw same-sex relations as morally acceptable in 2022.
Besides Republicans, only among one other group did support for same-sex marriage and the view that same-sex relationships were morally acceptable fail to achieve majority support: weekly churchgoers. Just 33% of those who go to religious services every week expressed support for same-sex marriage, while only 24% believed that homosexual relations are morally acceptable.
Support for same-sex marriage was highest among those who never or seldom go to church (81%), those between the ages of 18 and 34 (79%), college graduates (74%) and women (73%). Large majorities of adults between the ages of 35 and 54 (69%), those who go to church nearly every week or monthly (67%), non-college graduates (65%), men (62%) and those 55 and older (60%) also expressed support for same-sex marriage.
Similarly, the view that same-sex relations were morally acceptable was most prevalent among those who never or seldom go to church (81%), followed by those between the ages of 18 and 34 (76%), college graduates (71%), women (68%), those between the ages of 35 and 54 (63%), non-college graduates (60%), men (58%), those 55 and older (57%) and those who go to church nearly every week or monthly (56%).
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This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Sophie Emeny on Unsplash.
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Pathetic! Leaders need to repent. Lovingly tell their congregations it destroys
the image of God, which the believer is to reflect. Because same sex relationships are consensual doesn’t make it right. It offends God and defiles the
land with other forms of immorality (Leviticus 18). The data shows a lack of a
Biblical Worldview in the Church!