Support for marriage equality drops again as Republican anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes increasehttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/support-for-marriage-equality-drops-again-as-republican-anti-lgbtq-attitudes-increase/ 🔗Alex Bollinger (3 June 2026)
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup.
Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex marriages remaining valid. In 2023, 71% of U.S. adults said they supported same-sex marriage rights. In 2026, only 65% said the same.
Moreover, the percentage of people saying they believe it's "morally acceptable" to be gay or lesbian dropped from 71% in 2022 to 62%. Most of that drop occurred in 2023, but the number has been declining since then.
Gallup also started asking people in 2021 if it's morally acceptable to change one's gender. At the time, 46% of U.S. adults said it is. This year, only 38% said so.
The main culprit was Republicans. Thirty-seven percent agreed that marriage equality should remain legal, while 67% of independents and 87% of Democrats agreed. When it came to the moral acceptability of homosexuality, 35% of Republicans agreed, compared to 65% of independents and 81% of Democrats.
