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Fifty-three percent of Americans favor legal same-sex marriage, unchanged from last November and the third consecutive reading of 50% or higher. At the same time, Americans believe the U.S. public opposes gay marriage.

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Roughly half of cohabiting same-sex couples in the U.S. are married as opposed to living in a domestic partnership. That is up from 38% before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide a year ago.

Americans say same-sex couples should be legally permitted to adopt children, the first time a majority in the U.S. has believed this. This outpaces the massive cultural shift toward support for same-sex marriage in the last 20 years.

In 1952, Gallup asked Americans what kind of job or occupation would provide women the best chance of finding a husband. Office jobs came out on top.

Fifty-two percent of Americans would vote for a federal law legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states. Americans' broader support for recognizing same-sex marriage, at 54%, hasn't changed since the Supreme Court's recent rulings.

What average Americans would say in a letter to their elected representatives.

One in four Americans have interacted with a chaplain at some point in their lives. Among those who have, most say the interaction was valuable.

An average of one in three adults in 124 countries say their area is a good place for gay people to live. This sentiment ranges widely from as high as 87% in Spain and the Netherlands to as low as 1% in Senegal.

Most Americans who have never been married say they would like to get married. But the importance of marriage has declined over time and is particularly low among younger Americans.