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Same-Sex Marriage Support Holds at 71% High

June 5, 2023 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Gallup: “Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s.”

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