Who Is Behind the Curve on Marriage Equality? Evangelicals
Sarah Posner points out which group is lagging behind the social curve in this country. It’s the same group that marches under the banner of religion and tradition to oppose anything newer than 1950.
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that, for the first time, a majority of Americans support gay marriage. From the ABC analysis:
The issue remains divisive; as many adults “strongly” oppose gay marriage as strongly support it, and opposition rises to more than 2-1 among Republicans and conservatives and 3-1 among evangelical white Protestants, a core conservative group. But opposition to gay marriage has weakened in these groups from its levels a few years ago, and support has grown sharply among others – notably, among Catholics, political moderates, people in their 30s and 40s and men… .