Survey: Gay 'Marriage' Opposition Increases; Support for Civil Unions Hits Low By Eric Young

WASHINGTON – The percent of the American public that opposes gay “marriage” has significantly increased over the past year, according to the latest national survey released by the nonprofit Pew Research Center. And the percent of the public that supports civil unions has meanwhile reached its lowest mark since October of 2003.

After dropping to a low of 51 in March 2006, the percent of the public that now opposes allowing gays and lesbians to marry was found to be 57 – a “clear majority,” the Pew Center reported. The latest figures are part of an 88-page report that brings together demographic trends and survey results from interviews of 2,020 adults this year.

“The question of whether same-sex couples should have a right to marry has been a divisive issue in U.S. politics since 1993, when the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that there must be a ‘compelling state interest’ in order to continue to deny gay couples the right to marry,” the Washington-based Pew Research Center noted in its report, titled “Generation Gap in Values, Behaviors.”

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