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Sunday, June 18th, 2023

Fewer in U.S. Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable

Author:     Jeffrey M. Jones, Ph.D.
Source:     The Gallup OrganizationJeffrey M. Jones, Ph.D.
Publication Date:     16 June 2023
 Link: Fewer in U.S. Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable
Stephan:  

As gender and racial equality become the norm for the majority — watch the television commercials — the heated MAGAt world is increasingly incensed, and to some degree they are succeeding. Here is the evidence. Note the Red Blue difference. This minority wants to move back to their fantasy of the 50s, not recognizing all the problems suffered then.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • 64%, down from 71%, say same-sex relations are morally acceptable
  • Slightly more (60%) than last year (55%) say death penalty is morally OK
  • Birth control, divorce still most widely viewed as morally acceptable

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ views about the morality of a number of behaviors and practices are largely stable compared with a year ago. However, significantly fewer say same-sex relations are morally acceptable, and more say the death penalty is.

Americans are most likely to say birth control is morally acceptable, with 88% holding that view. At least seven in 10 say the same about divorce, sex between an unmarried man and woman, and having a baby outside of marriage. Same-sex relations and the death penalty are in the next group, along with gambling, stem cell research and wearing animal fur, with between 60% and 69% of Americans approving of those five issues from a moral perspective.

U.S. adults are least likely to condone married men and women having an affair, human cloning and suicide.

These results are based on Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May 1-24. Gallup previously reported other findings from this list, including that 52% of Americans find abortion to be morally […]

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