Poll: Young Republicans OK With Gay Marriage

The divide on social issues is more generational than party-based. This is especially true on the issue of gay marriage.

Sixty-one percent of Republican-leaning adults ages 18-29 say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, according to a Pew Research Center study released Monday. That number sharply contrasts the views of the party’s older members, for whom gay marriage support drops off sharply at each age increment.

Just 27 percent of Republican respondents over the age of 50 said they supported the practice, and party-wide support sits 15 percent below the national average.

In a record high for Pew surveys, 54 percent of Americans reported favoring allowing legal gay marriage. Among Democrats that number is much higher, 69 percent.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.