A large and growing majority of Americans–58%–now support gay marriage, according to a new poll. What are we to make of that? Where does that leave conservative Christians who believe that marriage is not just a social construction that can be changed at will? Are they (we) destined to be on the margins of society?
From the Washington Post:
Support for same-sex marriage among Americans has jumped significantly in the past year to an all-time high of 58 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
That number reflects a remarkable — and remarkably fast — turnabout in American public opinion on one of the most emotionally raw and politically divisive issues of the past decade. As recently as 2010, opponents of same-sex marriage outnumbered supporters. As recently as 2006, they outnumbered them by a double-digit margin, 58 percent to 36 percent.