Number of the Day

49. The percentage of USians who believe same-sex couples "have the constitutional right to get married and have their marriage recognized by law," according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll.

And when the same respondents were asked a slightly different question—not whether the Constitutional right already exists, but whether it should—that number jumps up to 52%.

The will of the majority, Shakers.

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