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Rhode Island last week became the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage, and in Delaware, the state Senate is poised to take up a bill authorizing same-sex marriage that’s already passed the state House. Legalization bills are pending in several other state legislatures (for a map showing the current status of same-sex marriage laws in all 50 states, click here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

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While support for same-sex marriage has risen sharply among all age groups compared to even a decade ago, so-called “Millennials” (people born after 1980) are by far the most likely to say gay men and lesbians should be able to marry legally. In a March survey by the Pew Research Center, fully 70% of Millennials said they supported same-sex marriage. The report<\/a> attributed much of the overall opinion shift to the arrival of that generation on the scene.<\/p>\n\n

The attitudinal, generational and legislative shifts have combined to persuade many Americans — even those who oppose same-sex marriage — that it will inevitably be legal throughout the country. A poll<\/a> conducted this past November by LifeWay Research, an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention, found that 64% agreed that same-sex marriage eventually will be legal everywhere.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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