Why I changed my mind on gay marriage

Published June 6, 2025 8:00am ET



According to a new Gallup poll, support for same-sex marriage among Republicans has dropped 14 percentage points in the past three years. Support now stands at 41% within the GOP, and 68% overall. Gay marriage is still popular, though perhaps not as popular as one might be led to believe.

The Left will tell you that reactionary conservatives are increasingly bigoted and fascistic in the age of Donald Trump, but that’s unlikely to be the case. The president, hardly anyone’s idea of a social conservative, has shown no antagonism toward same-sex marriage. It’s been a nonissue.

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