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dpark on June 26, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules

> Convincing 5 of the top judges is easy compared to convincing the populace

About 60% of US residents now support gay marriage and consider it a right, according to the polls.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_of_same-sex_mar...

andreyf on June 27, 2015 [–]

I'd be curious how that's distributed. Also, people lie on polls, for the similar reasons as they do if you ask them "are you racist?"

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