For decades, opposition to same-sex marriage was a marquee issue for the religious right in the United States.
Activists like Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson characterized homosexuality as a threat to traditional family life.
Public opinion on same-sex marriage has turned rapidly toward acceptance this century.
In the early 2000s, about 60 percent of Americans opposed it, according to the Pew Research Center.
Another poll by Pew found that almost half of white evangelicals born after 1964 favored same-sex marriage in 2017, compared to about a quarter of older white evangelicals.
Persons:
Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Hodges, Tony Perkins, ”, Franklin Graham, Pew
Organizations:
Family Research, Christianity Today, Pew Research Center
Locations:
United States, Obergefell