support for same-sex marriage is now at 70%. but to make it to the national stage, you have to win in your home state first. and there are still plenty of states in america where supporting same-sex marriage is far from the majority view. states with the electorate may be composed of evangelicals and older voters. states like kentucky, the bluegrass state, home of the wildcats. just a little over eight months since the supreme court struck down the defense of marriage act, that barred federal benefits for same-sex couples but invoked the equal protection clause of the constitution. and since then lawsuits challenging state laws that ban sa same-sex marriage are being challenged all across the country even in deeply ions. the complete opposite in kentucky of what they are nationally and the latest poll there, 55% of the state s registered voters opposed it with 35% supporting it. that s where america as a whole