Recognition Rising

RECOGNITION RISING Public Opinion Polling on Gay Issues and Relationship Recognition and Net Gains Since 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Relationships between gay adults should be legal. 64% 20% I know someone who is gay or lesbian. 77% 35% Homosexuality should be accepted by society. 58% 14% A gay couple raising children together are a family. 68% 39% Gay couples should be allowed to marry. 53% 26% % of U.S. population in state or locality with a relationship recognition law 46% 41% Darker shades represent 1996 percentages-except "I know someone who is gay or lesbian" which is 1992 (1996 unavailable). From the Third Way report "Then and Now: How the State of Relationship Recognition has changed since DOMA," available at: http:// www.thirdway.org/publications/420. Opinion polling data from Gallup; CBS News; Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; The Roper Center; and The Washington Post. Population data from the U.S. Census Bureau (1990; 2010). © 2011 Third Way. Free for re-use with attribution/link. For more, visit Third Way at www.thirdway.org. Illustration by Bill Rapp. third way fresh thinking RECOGNITION RISING Public Opinion Polling on Gay Issues and Relationship Recognition and Net Gains Since 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Relationships between gay adults should be legal. 64% 20% I know someone who is gay or lesbian. 77% 35% Homosexuality should be accepted by society. 58% 14% A gay couple raising children together are a family. 68% 39% Gay couples should be allowed to marry. 53% 26% % of U.S. population in state or locality with a relationship recognition law 46% 41% Darker shades represent 1996 percentages-except "I know someone who is gay or lesbian" which is 1992 (1996 unavailable). From the Third Way report "Then and Now: How the State of Relationship Recognition has changed since DOMA," available at: http:// www.thirdway.org/publications/420. Opinion polling data from Gallup; CBS News; Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; The Roper Center; and The Washington Post. Population data from the U.S. Census Bureau (1990; 2010). © 2011 Third Way. Free for re-use with attribution/link. For more, visit Third Way at www.thirdway.org. Illustration by Bill Rapp. third way fresh thinking RECOGNITION RISING Public Opinion Polling on Gay Issues and Relationship Recognition and Net Gains Since 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Relationships between gay adults should be legal. 64% 20% I know someone who is gay or lesbian. 77% 35% Homosexuality should be accepted by society. 58% 14% A gay couple raising children together are a family. 68% 39% Gay couples should be allowed to marry. 53% 26% % of U.S. population in state or locality with a relationship recognition law 46% 41% Darker shades represent 1996 percentages-except "I know someone who is gay or lesbian" which is 1992 (1996 unavailable). From the Third Way report "Then and Now: How the State of Relationship Recognition has changed since DOMA," available at: http:// www.thirdway.org/publications/420. Opinion polling data from Gallup; CBS News; Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; The Roper Center; and The Washington Post. Population data from the U.S. Census Bureau (1990; 2010). © 2011 Third Way. Free for re-use with attribution/link. For more, visit Third Way at www.thirdway.org. Illustration by Bill Rapp. third way fresh thinking RECOGNITION RISING Public Opinion Polling on Gay Issues and Relationship Recognition and Net Gains Since 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Relationships between gay adults should be legal. 64% 20% I know someone who is gay or lesbian. 77% 35% Homosexuality should be accepted by society. 58% 14% A gay couple raising children together are a family. 68% 39% Gay couples should be allowed to marry. 53% 26% % of U.S. population in state or locality with a relationship recognition law 46% 41% Darker shades represent 1996 percentages-except "I know someone who is gay or lesbian" which is 1992 (1996 unavailable). From the Third Way report "Then and Now: How the State of Relationship Recognition has changed since DOMA," available at: http:// www.thirdway.org/publications/420. Opinion polling data from Gallup; CBS News; Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; The Roper Center; and The Washington Post. Population data from the U.S. Census Bureau (1990; 2010). © 2011 Third Way. Free for re-use with attribution/link. For more, visit Third Way at www.thirdway.org. Illustration by Bill Rapp. third way fresh thinking RECOGNITION RISING Public Opinion Polling on Gay Issues and Relationship Recognition and Net Gains Since 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Relationships between gay adults should be legal. 64% 20% I know someone who is gay or lesbian. 77% 35% Homosexuality should be accepted by society. 58% 14% A gay couple raising children together are a family. 68% 39% Gay couples should be allowed to marry. 53% 26% % of U.S. population in state or locality with a relationship recognition law 46% 41% Darker shades represent 1996 percentages-except "I know someone who is gay or lesbian" which is 1992 (1996 unavailable). From the Third Way report "Then and Now: How the State of Relationship Recognition has changed since DOMA," available at: http:// www.thirdway.org/publications/420. Opinion polling data from Gallup; CBS News; Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; The Roper Center; and The Washington Post. Population data from the U.S. Census Bureau (1990; 2010). © 2011 Third Way. Free for re-use with attribution/link. For more, visit Third Way at www.thirdway.org. Illustration by Bill Rapp. third way fresh thinking