There’s an remarkable new poll out on American attitudes toward same-sex marriage. As reported by The Washington Times, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows that public opposition to same-sex marriage has risen sharply. Americans now oppose gay marriage by a margin of 68 percent to 28 percent. Last year, the figures were 58 percent opposed and 42 percent in favor. That’s a 10 percent increase in opposition and a 14 percent drop of those in favor. Support for a Federal Marriage Amendment has also risen sharply. Americans now favor a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman by a margin of 57 percent to 37 percent. Last year the figures were 48 percent in favor and 46 percent opposed. So support for a Federal Marriage Amendment has moved up by nine percent. We’ve gone from a virtual tie to clear majority support for an FMA. Polls often show that a clear majority of Americans support civil unions, yet the latest shows a virtual dead heat between Americans who support either gay marriage or civil unions and those who support neither. In short, those who think that gay marriage is inevitable had better think again. Opposition to gay marriage is growing, and so is support for a Federal Marriage Amendment. The next big battle–perhaps in the aftermath of a California court decision legalizing same-sex marriage–could push the numbers even higher. And don’t forget that gay marriage polling frequently undercounts the level of opposition actually revealed at the polling place.

This CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll is a major development. It reports a politically critical shift in national sentiment on gay marriage. So where are the news stories? I noticed the Washington Times story when it came out on April 1, but naively waited to see what USA Today and other media outlets would have to say about this development. Now it appears that MSM has buried the story. You know that if a poll showed this kind of shift in favor of gay marriage, it would have been touted on the front pages of every major paper. As far as I can tell, USA Today hasn’t even reported on its own survey. Maybe some enterprising blogger can trace out in detail what’s happened to coverage of this poll.