59%: The percentage of USians who now support same-sex marriage, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
In the new survey released Monday, 59 percent of Americans said that they favor same-sex marriages while just 33 percent said they oppose them.There is a part of me that can't believe it's only 59%, but here is yet another moment in which I will celebrate progress and resolve to continue to expect more.
The numbers have shifted dramatically in the past decade. In 2004, only 30 percent of Americans said they supported same-sex marriage, while 62 percent disagreed. Half of those polled at the time said they strongly opposed allowing gays and lesbians to marry.
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