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Disney Dude keep saying more and more people in this country are embracing Gay Marriage..These two polls (one a Gallup) say otherwise.
That would quite an embellishment to say that the Gallup poll says otherwise, when in fact it doesn't show much of a change at all. In fact, within the last 10 years, it shows the exact opposite of what you are claiming. Support for gay marriage has increased quite a bit within the last decade. From the Gallup poll your article cites:
"PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' views on same-sex marriage have essentially stayed the same in the past year, with a majority of 57% opposed to granting such marriages legal status and 40% in favor of doing so. Though support for legal same-sex marriage is significantly higher now than when Gallup first asked about it in 1996, in recent years support has appeared to stall, peaking at 46% in 2007."
While in the short term support for gay marriage may decline, Gallup polls indicate that over the long term, support for gay marriage will likely surpass those who oppose it (note the 18-29 bracket):
"Younger Americans have typically been much more supportive of same-sex marriage than older Americans, and that is the case in the current poll. A majority of 18- to 29-year-olds think gay or lesbian couples should be allowed to legally marry, while support reaches only as high as 40% among the three older age groups."
If this trend continues, we may likely see gay marriage take hold in more states as the difference gets smaller and smaller.
Source: Majority of Americans Continue to Oppose Gay Marriage