Do 49% of Republicans really support same-sex marriage?

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I don't see how it's so peculiar - its mainly the evangelical hardcore that still hold that torch and they represent about a third of Republicans.

I honestly wonder whether SSM would have a chance of passing in a referendum even in the most conservative of states.

2012 is the year it felt like same-sex marriage had majority support in the country, and 2015 is when it was legalized everywhere. After so many years it can be hard to hold out opposition on this issue.

I think 2012 is the year when the Democrats realised the issue wad not necessarily a losing issue - Biden and Obama endorsing and still being re-elected and four red states either legalising by popular vote or rejecting a constitutional ban.

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I don't see how it's so peculiar - its mainly the evangelical hardcore that still hold that torch and they represent about a third of Republicans.

I honestly wonder whether SSM would have a chance of passing in a referendum even in the most conservative of states.

2012 is the year it felt like same-sex marriage had majority support in the country, and 2015 is when it was legalized everywhere. After so many years it can be hard to hold out opposition on this issue.

I think 2012 is the year when the Democrats realised the issue wad not necessarily a losing issue - Biden and Obama endorsing and still being re-elected and four red states either legalising by popular vote or rejecting a constitutional ban.

They weren’t red states, it was Maryland, Maine, and Washington that voted to legalize and Minnesota rejected the constitutional ban. It was a fairly close result in all four states but it was a far cry from a few years earlier when even states like Oregon, Colorado, and California voted to ban gay marriage.

It was a strange feeling being a closeted 16/17 year old in 2011-12 navigating a society that was slowly but surely becoming more accepting.

Atlad red states, my friend.