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US divided on gay marriage, poll suggests

In slight shift, 53 percent favor legal recognition

By Jennifer Agiesta and Laurie Kellman

 |  Associated Press  

  September 15, 2011

Fifty-three percent of the 1,000 adults surveyed believe the government should give legal recognition to marriages between couples of the same sex.

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