[HappenedInCali]

I'd like to see this data (including the exact wording of the question). I don't buy it for a minute.

A very good observation, questions on polls can be twisted easily to alter the results, and often are! You can find that here, on the Gallup website:

Most Americans Approve of Interracial Marriages

The question asked was: "Do you approve or disapprove of marriage between blacks and whites?"

According to their data, 1991 was the first year more respondents answered "approve" than answered "disapprove".

[Sloth]

Ah, so not a question about legality at all, but "approval". Not all people desire the government to ban things of which they merely disapprove. I disapprove of homosexual behavior but do not want it regulated by the state. And in this case, I'm fairly sure some of the disapproval came not from a "that's just wrong" attitude, but a perception that interracial couples (and especially their biracial children) would be bringing unwarranted burdens on themselves due to additional prejudices they would face -- which are now almost a non-factor in this country, due to the prevalence of these relationships.