This is a big shift. A new Poll conducted by ABC/Washington Post shows that for the first time in year, a majority of adult Americans support Gay Marriage. This poll shows how much the public opinion has changed. Just like with DADT, Americans are no longer scared of Gays "threatening" their marriage.
This comes as President Obama and his administration chose to no longer defend DOMA in court. DOMA also known as The Defense of Marriage Act is the law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing same sex marriages performed in states where they are legal. Enraged with the Obama Administration's decision on DOMA, Weeper of the House John Boehner and republicans had vowed to use Congress resources to defend Marriage from "Evil Gays who ruined Mark Sanford and John Ensign's marriages" in court.
The ABC/Washington Post Polls shows :
More than half of Americans say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry, a first in nearly a decade of polls by ABC News and The Washington Post.
This milestone result caps a dramatic, long-term shift in public attitudes. From a low of 32 percent in a 2004 survey of registered voters, support for gay marriage has grown to 53 percent today. Forty-four percent are opposed, down 18 points from that 2004 survey.
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.
Early this month A Pew Poll showed that Americans were split on Gay Marriage. According to the poll, about 46% of Americans say gay marriage should not be legal. However, 45% said it should be legal.
Remember that in 2009, Pew Poll had found that 54% of Americans opposed gay marriage, while only 37% were in favor of allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry.
Hopefully other polls will confirmed ABC/Washington Poll.
It's good to see that Americans finally realized that Gays didn't ruin Tiger Woods, Jesse James, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, John Edwards. marriages ....