This same chart from like 1999 would be wild to see
GodAlpaca on
Wow, it seems like people who don’t like same-sex marriage, mostly have their opinion based on being conservative or religious. What a surprise o:
Just kidding, nice data, OP
Spiritual-Ad8062 on
“Religion” is always the issue.
Always!
20-20beachboy on
Pretty impressive gains for only 11 years. It’ll only go up as time goes on, almost 75% of those under 50 support same-sex marriage.
SyrupyMolassesMMM on
9% of liberals dont support….
Surely, by literal definition, that makes you not a Liberal?
MaxSupernova on
How can we still be at only 68% overall on such a basic issue?
That’s really depressing, regardless of whether or not it’s better than it used to be.
El_dorado_au on
To be honest, I was worried it was going to go backwards.
madg0at80 on
What jumps out to me is the gaps between moderate and liberal vs conservative and religion being somewhat important and very important vs not important. The gap between the moderate and liberal/religion not being important is closer than conservative/very important. I suspect that this isn’t the only issue you could do this gap analysis on.
I always hear “liberals moved too far to the left and left me behind” from conservatives and I suspect that data like this across a variety of issues would show the opposite.
thisisnahamed on
TLDR. Most/majority are in favor and don’t care. And the people who care or make a fuss about it are religious ones (shocking)
rubenthecuban3 on
one of the biggest things i learned in the past year was that sometimes gay rights/marriage people are unhappy that trans rights people have taken over the messaging. like there were huge gains in gay rights/marriage. but then trans rights people said include us too! but gay rights people thought they would go too far, and it somewhat did, with all the uproar over bathrooms and trans men on womens teams, and now especially children. some think there would be even more support for gay rights if there wasn’t as much back lash on trans rights.
before i thought they were all some homogenous group politically, but they are not. each somewhat don’t trust each other. you can see in the latest supreme court ruling. some gay rights/marriage are like let’s take a break, we’ve already gone this far. but trans rights activits are like let’s push even more! no social commentary, but mostly facts.
Am I the only one curious about the lack of support among the black community?
Blazinblaziken on
what gives me a bit of hope for the future
it went up in EVERY group, even the conservatives and incredibly religious, ie the people who typically hate it
even under the fascist Trumpian nightmare that Americans find themselves under, there is progress in normalisation of gay people and gay marriage, which is just nice to see
MAClaymore on
This is the one thing that keeps me sane through the impending possibility of an Obergefell overturn. My biggest fear is that America will just not bother trying to bring back same-sex marriage, ever. That is unlikely given this trend in the past ten years
skinnycenter on
I made an earlier comment how mass media (TV/Moies) played a huge role, namely in impacting women’s point of view on this topic (Will & Grace, Friends, Sex and the City). And then today with Modern Family. All of these shows always portrayed homosexuals in a positive light for people to change their minds.
Also the push against labeling HIV/AIDS as a homosexual-only issue, which we saw reflected in the approach to Monkey Pox.
This got me thinking that these shows were propaganda of sorts (information of a biased nature used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view) on a national level, and would explain why why those where religion is very important are on the lower end. Those value religion over mass media would not be swayed by the aformentioned positive portrayals of homosexuals on TV/Movies.
LogicalJudgement on
For clarification, the reason a lot of conservative people are against same sex marriage is because most of them are religious. MOST (not all) religions restrict marriage as a ceremony between a man and woman. I would be curious to see a breakdown between religions with same sex marriage and participants of each religion broken down by political leaning. There should also be a breakdown of religious importance too. But that is just a wishlist from me.
mycondishuns on
It’s crazy to me that someone that would describe themselves as “Liberal” and *still* be against same-sex marriage, nearly 1 in 10.
mwthomas11 on
When your opinion hating something is based on fear, and then that thing happens and there aren’t negative results, that opinion is going to change for some people. Glad to see not everyone is too stuck in their ways to change.
Vivecs954 on
Wait until it becomes illegal again in half of the country
surferpirate47 on
So religious, conservative, non college educated, men, of all races 65 or older that make under 100k a year are the least accepting.
I am shocked.
Not.
venuswasaflytrap on
> “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.”
Barack Obama, 2008
TheDapperDolphin on
This was one of the wildest cultural shifts to live through. Blatant homophobia was extremely common in the 2000s when I was in elementary/middle school. It was all over music, especially rap. And it showed up a lot in movies, especially comedies. I got bullied because of it in middle school, late 2000s, even though I am a straight guy. I had long hair and some friends who were girls, which was enough for people to give me shit.
By the time I was in high school, in the early 2010s, people seemed to start to shift a bit. I knew some people who were supportive, or at least some who didn’t care, but it was a subject that people generally avoided. Then gay marriage was legalized in 2015, when I was in college, and the perception around homosexuality started to shift very rapidly in a positive direction. It became a very open and commonplace thing for normal people to see and discuss. It became gradually more common in media. More started vocally supporting it, at least on the center and left.
Ok_Class5874 on
9% of modern day liberals don’t approve of same sex marriage?
![[OC] How much has support for same-sex marriage changed in the US](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7s36bi7fgfdf1-1207x1536.png "[OC] How much has support for same-sex marriage changed in the US")
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Source: [Pew Research ](https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/)
Tools: [Datawrapper ](https://www.datawrapper.de/)
This same chart from like 1999 would be wild to see
Wow, it seems like people who don’t like same-sex marriage, mostly have their opinion based on being conservative or religious. What a surprise o:
Just kidding, nice data, OP
“Religion” is always the issue.
Always!
Pretty impressive gains for only 11 years. It’ll only go up as time goes on, almost 75% of those under 50 support same-sex marriage.
9% of liberals dont support….
Surely, by literal definition, that makes you not a Liberal?
How can we still be at only 68% overall on such a basic issue?
That’s really depressing, regardless of whether or not it’s better than it used to be.
To be honest, I was worried it was going to go backwards.
What jumps out to me is the gaps between moderate and liberal vs conservative and religion being somewhat important and very important vs not important. The gap between the moderate and liberal/religion not being important is closer than conservative/very important. I suspect that this isn’t the only issue you could do this gap analysis on.
I always hear “liberals moved too far to the left and left me behind” from conservatives and I suspect that data like this across a variety of issues would show the opposite.
TLDR. Most/majority are in favor and don’t care. And the people who care or make a fuss about it are religious ones (shocking)
one of the biggest things i learned in the past year was that sometimes gay rights/marriage people are unhappy that trans rights people have taken over the messaging. like there were huge gains in gay rights/marriage. but then trans rights people said include us too! but gay rights people thought they would go too far, and it somewhat did, with all the uproar over bathrooms and trans men on womens teams, and now especially children. some think there would be even more support for gay rights if there wasn’t as much back lash on trans rights.
before i thought they were all some homogenous group politically, but they are not. each somewhat don’t trust each other. you can see in the latest supreme court ruling. some gay rights/marriage are like let’s take a break, we’ve already gone this far. but trans rights activits are like let’s push even more! no social commentary, but mostly facts.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/magazine/scotus-transgender-care-tennessee-skrmetti.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/magazine/scotus-transgender-care-tennessee-skrmetti.html)
Am I the only one curious about the lack of support among the black community?
what gives me a bit of hope for the future
it went up in EVERY group, even the conservatives and incredibly religious, ie the people who typically hate it
even under the fascist Trumpian nightmare that Americans find themselves under, there is progress in normalisation of gay people and gay marriage, which is just nice to see
This is the one thing that keeps me sane through the impending possibility of an Obergefell overturn. My biggest fear is that America will just not bother trying to bring back same-sex marriage, ever. That is unlikely given this trend in the past ten years
I made an earlier comment how mass media (TV/Moies) played a huge role, namely in impacting women’s point of view on this topic (Will & Grace, Friends, Sex and the City). And then today with Modern Family. All of these shows always portrayed homosexuals in a positive light for people to change their minds.
Also the push against labeling HIV/AIDS as a homosexual-only issue, which we saw reflected in the approach to Monkey Pox.
This got me thinking that these shows were propaganda of sorts (information of a biased nature used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view) on a national level, and would explain why why those where religion is very important are on the lower end. Those value religion over mass media would not be swayed by the aformentioned positive portrayals of homosexuals on TV/Movies.
For clarification, the reason a lot of conservative people are against same sex marriage is because most of them are religious. MOST (not all) religions restrict marriage as a ceremony between a man and woman. I would be curious to see a breakdown between religions with same sex marriage and participants of each religion broken down by political leaning. There should also be a breakdown of religious importance too. But that is just a wishlist from me.
It’s crazy to me that someone that would describe themselves as “Liberal” and *still* be against same-sex marriage, nearly 1 in 10.
When your opinion hating something is based on fear, and then that thing happens and there aren’t negative results, that opinion is going to change for some people. Glad to see not everyone is too stuck in their ways to change.
Wait until it becomes illegal again in half of the country
So religious, conservative, non college educated, men, of all races 65 or older that make under 100k a year are the least accepting.
I am shocked.
Not.
> “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.”
Barack Obama, 2008
This was one of the wildest cultural shifts to live through. Blatant homophobia was extremely common in the 2000s when I was in elementary/middle school. It was all over music, especially rap. And it showed up a lot in movies, especially comedies. I got bullied because of it in middle school, late 2000s, even though I am a straight guy. I had long hair and some friends who were girls, which was enough for people to give me shit.
By the time I was in high school, in the early 2010s, people seemed to start to shift a bit. I knew some people who were supportive, or at least some who didn’t care, but it was a subject that people generally avoided. Then gay marriage was legalized in 2015, when I was in college, and the perception around homosexuality started to shift very rapidly in a positive direction. It became a very open and commonplace thing for normal people to see and discuss. It became gradually more common in media. More started vocally supporting it, at least on the center and left.
9% of modern day liberals don’t approve of same sex marriage?
Axis should start at 0%, not 30%
I like the graph here better because it shows the [modern republican decline which happened in the past couple of years.](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/republican-support-sex-marriage-lowest-decade-gallup-poll-finds-rcna209762) (scroll a little, republicans dropped 14 points in the past couple of years, everyone else still on the rise)
which pretty much matches fox news attacks on gay people and trans and drag shows right after roe fell.
Pretty much all the 18-29 year olds in 2014 would be in the older group. So support only changed a couple percentage.
Relevant XKCD from 2014: https://xkcd.com/1431/
At least public policy has caught up since then.