This Amazing Chart Shows Just How Progressive Americans Really Are These Days...

3,045 views · Published 10 October 2014 · 3:45 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: The Damage Report · 2014 · News & Politics

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Same sex marriage is coming off of a huge win thanks to the Supreme Court earlier this week, and the trajectory of same-sex marriage today is often compared to interracial marriage in the 1960s. Both were legalized one by one in the states before a Supreme Court ruling led the way to nationwide legalization. But one way same-sex and interracial marriages greatly differ is the timing of popular opinion and court rulings, as XKCD notes in this amazing chart. Let's walk and talk about it.

Find out more here: http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/10/8/6946031/gay-marriage-interracial-polls-survey-gallup

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