Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia won’t like this at all.
A new ABC News/ Washington Post poll reveals that not only do six out of ten Americans (59 percent — the highest ever recorded) now support the right of same-sex couples to marry, but a solid 50 percent believe that right to marry is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Let’s do that again.
Fifty-percent of Americans believe the right of same-sex couples to marry is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
This is new.
Before, we saw public support for marriage equality skyrocket, but not necessarily as a constitutionally protected issue. Now, Americans say the freedom to marry should be extended to same-sex couples because the U.S. Constitution protects it.
Talking Points Memo notes also that “the poll found that a large majority of Americans — 81 percent — said businesses shouldn’t be allowed to refuse service to gays. Sixty-five percent said they believe service still shouldn’t be refused to gays even if homosexuality violates the business owners’ religious beliefs.”
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