A milestone is reached:
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that a majority of Americans support marriage rights for gay couples.
According to the poll, 53% of respondents said that it should be legal for gay couples to marry. The majority support marks a double-digit shift from five years ago in the same poll, when 36% supported marriage equality.
Not surprisingly, the majority of Republicans/conservatives remain "strongly opposed" to equal rights, while:
Compared with five years ago ... Support has grown by 17 points among Democrats, but also by 13 points among independents, to a clear majority, 58 percent, in the crucial political center. And it's 63 percent among moderates, up 21 points.
And naturally, since the majority of Americans now support it, Republicans have begun their latest assault against gay marriage. But hey, if their base is against it, screw what everyone else thinks.