Indeed. According to a number of sources, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll says that strong support for marriage equality exceeds strong opposition to marriage equality, 39% to 32%. This is GREAT news for us, especially since, as recently as six years ago, strong opposition was 27 points higher than strong support.
I can't believe no one has diaried this yet, so here goes.
Strong Support for Gay Marriage Now Exceeds Strong Opposition says the headline. 53% of people polled support marriage equality now. That number went positive a year ago, and it's remaining positive.
This poll asked why, too. Some interesting findings:
support for gay marriage has reached a new high among African-Americans in ABC/Post polls, up from four in 10 in recent surveys to 59 percent now.
So much for that meme, and HAHAHAHA, Maggie. It didn't work!
Seventy-one percent of Americans now say they have a friend, family member or acquaintance who’s gay, up from 59 percent in 1998. People who know someone who’s gay are 20 points more likely than others to support gay marriage.
The whole premise of the gay liberation movement turns out to have been true, and, quite frankly, I think we can see from the comments on most things that deal with LGBT subjects here how true all that is.
As for the risks our president took and the dire warnings some of the punditry gave him after he made his announcement,
Obama’s May 9 announcement of his support for gay marriage shows no measurable impact on political preferences. While more support than oppose his position, 51-41 percent, Americans divide on whether it’s a political plus or minus, with most saying it’s not a major factor in their vote choice.
Win, win and win. I'm not even going to complain about the terminology.