Yet another poll has shown that a majority of Americans support marriage equality. That a majority is on our side is no longer news. What is news is that this particular poll is showing a five-point increase in Americans' support for marriage equality--in just two months. That's a pretty big frackin' deal.
Just back in July, an NYT/CBS poll found a plurality of Americans in support of marriage equality. 46 percent supported it, while 44 percent were opposed. That's only a two-point spread.
Fast-forward to now. The same NYT/CBS poll is finding 51 percent in favor, bringing the poll into line with other polls finding majority support for marriage equality. And that's not all--add to that the fact that opposition dropped three points to 41 percent. So not only did this poll find that marriage equality support went up five points in a matter of two months, but there's a 10-freakin'-point spread, as opposed to the two-point spread a couple of months ago. Not bad for two months, eh?
Here are all of the numbers from the two NYT/CBS polls:
Sorry, NOM, FRC, and AFA--looks like your tactics couldn't be failing more miserably. It must really suck to put everything you have into drumming up hate against gays and lesbians, only to see something like this.
They can kick and scream and holler until the cows come home, but the opposition to LGBT equality is eroding like never before. What this poll shows more than anything, perhaps, is what we've already known from other polls and from experience on the ground--the anti-gay right is now a minority and looks to be staying that way. Get used to it, haters. There's lots more disappointment where this came from.