Mike Lee’s way forward for social conservatives on gay marriage

Published June 12, 2015 4:01am ET



The Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on same-sex marriage yet, but even most social conservatives now clearly see where things are headed.

Only 31 percent of Republicans favor same-sex marriage, according to the latest Pew Research Center poll, but 73 percent believe it is inevitable. That’s one point higher than Democrats and just a point lower than independents. There is really no statistically significant partisan difference over the inevitability of gay marriage.

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