Dawn Berg and her son A.J. Berg demonstrate during a Gay protest rally in Hollywood after California's Supreme Court this week upheld a referendum that outlawed gay marriage. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty)
Although two more states have passed laws so far this year
legalizing same-sex marriage, there hasn't been much change in overall public opinion about the issue, with 57 percent opposing the idea that same-sex couples be recognized by law with the same rights as traditional marriages and 40 percent supporting it, according to a
USA Today/Gallup poll conducted May 7-10.
Same-sex marriages are now legal in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, and Iowa, and will be legal in Vermont in September.
That ratio of opposition-to-support compares to 56 percent to 40 percent last year. Gallup says that the highest level of backing for same-sex marriage was 46 percent in 2007, but the growth in support stalled after that peak.
Young people between the ages of 18-to-29 are the biggest supporters of legalizing gay unions, favoring it 59 percent to 37 percent. But 57 percent of those between 30 and 49 oppose it, and the opposition becomes larger in each older age bracket.
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