Brief Timeline: Attitudes on Gay Marriage
| Oppose allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry | Favor allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry | |
| 2001 | 57 | 35 |
| 2003 | 58 | 33 |
| 2004 | 60 | 31 |
| 2005 | 53 | 36 |
| 2006 | 55 | 35 |
| 2007 | 54 | 37 |
| 2008 | 51 | 39 |
| 2009 | 54 | 37 |
| 2010 | 48 | 42 |
| 2011 | 45 | 46 |
| 2012 | 43 | 48 |
| 2013 | 44 | 49 |
% of Americans that...
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