59% Of Americans Support Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling

A majority of Americans support the Supreme Court's ruling striking down state bans on gay marriage.

According to a CNN/ORC poll of 1,017 adults conducted by telephone June 26-28, 59 percent of respondents said that they back the court's finding that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry in the entire United States. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said that they are opposed to the ruling.

Among Democrats, 70 percent said that they back the court's decision, while 59 percent of Republicans said that they were opposed. Support among independents was at 63 percent.

(Related: GOP presidential candidates decry gay marriage ruling.)

Pollsters also found that 37 percent of Americans feel that the court is too liberal. CNN said that that was the highest share in 22 years.