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Public support for same-sex marriage in Utah has grown from 12 percent in 1996 to 22 percent in 2010, according to a report in The New York Times.
But Utah remains dead last nationally. Plus, the Beehive State is the only state where 2010 support falls below the national average — 25 percent — in 1996, the year that Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act.
Nationally, support for gay marriage has grown to around 45 percent, according to the Times. But a recent CNN poll pegged support at 49 percent. A majority of people in 22 states now favor same-sex marriage. (See below graphic.)
