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Religion News Services is reporting on a recent Gallup poll that found opposition to gay marriage showing a slight decrease.
Fifty-three percent of Americans polled oppose legalizing same-sex marriage, compared to 44 percent who favor it. But the opposition tied with the lowest rate ever measured by Gallup, from 2007.
In 1996, when Gallup first asked about the legality of gay marriage, 68 percent of Americans were opposed and 27 percent supported it.
In the most recent poll, Americans who said religion is “very important” in their lives opposed legal same sex marriage by 70 percent to 27 percent. Americans who said religion was not important supported gay marriage by a similar margin, 71 percent to 27 percent.
The latest national telephone poll of 1,029 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
