It was not until 2015, right before the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obergefell v. The survey giant noted just 27 percent of respondents supported same-sex marriage when it first began asking about the topic in 1996 and majority approval did not occur for another 15 years. The previous high, 70 percent, was recorded last year.
Support for same-sex marriage reached a new high in Gallup’s latest polling, rising to 71 percent of respondents who now say they are in favor of it.
