Marriage

Marriage Remains Key Predictor of Party Identification

Married Americans tilt Republican; unmarried Americans, Democratic

July 13, 2009
The percentage of all Americans who identified as Republican in June was 28%, but 33% among those who are married and 21% among unmarried Americans. On the other hand, Democratic identification in June was at 35% overall, but 31% among married Americans and 41% among those who are not married.More ...

Extramarital Affairs, Like Sanford’s, Morally Taboo

Recent confessions of affairs by elected officials fly in face of Americans’ normative standards

June 25, 2009
A recent Gallup Poll finds 92% of Americans agreeing that having an extramarital affair, such as the ones South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Nevada Sen. John Ensign have confessed to, is morally wrong -- making it the most objectionable of any issue tested.More ...

Knowing Someone Gay/Lesbian Affects Views of Gay Issues

Opposition to gay marriage higher among those who do not know someone who is gay/lesbian

May 29, 2009
Americans who personally know someone who is gay or lesbian are more likely than those who do not to support legalized gay marriage, 49% to 27%. They are also more likely to think gay or lesbian relations should be legal and to be comfortable around people who are gay or lesbian.More ...

Majority of Americans Continue to Oppose Gay Marriage

No change in support from last year

May 27, 2009
Even though an increasing number of states have moved toward legalizing same-sex marriage in the past year, Americans’ views on the matter have not changed, with 57% opposed and 40% in favor of legal recognition of gay marriages. Americans are more supportive of gay rights in other areas.More ...

Republicans Move to the Right on Several Moral Issues

No change in Democrats’ attitudes about what is morally acceptable

May 20, 2009
Americans’ views about the moral acceptability of 15 different social issues and policies haven’t changed dramatically over the past year. However, Republicans have grown less supportive of embryonic stem-cell research, divorce, and gambling -- pushing the overall figures slightly to the right, politically.More ...

Catholics Similar to Mainstream on Abortion, Stem Cells

Catholics actually more liberal on some issues

March 30, 2009
American Catholics are no less likely than non-Catholics to find abortion and embryonic stem-cell research morally acceptable. While regular churchgoing Catholics are more conservative than other Catholics on these issues, they are no more conservative than regular churchgoers of other faiths.More ...

Marriage

Do you think couples that live together before marriage are more likely or less likely to get divorced than couples that do not live together before marriage?Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid?More ...

Blacks as Conservative as Republicans on Some Moral Issues

One explanation: Black Democrats are much more religious than nonblack Democrats

December 3, 2008
Only 31% of black Democrats say homosexual relations are morally acceptable, much more conservative than the position of Democrats in general, despite the fact that the vast majority of blacks identify themselves as Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party.More ...

The Marriage Gap in Support for McCain, Obama

Marriage gap reflects underlying differences in composition of the parties

August 21, 2008
Among American registered voters who are married, John McCain is leading Barack Obama by 13 points; among unmarried American voters, Obama has a 22-point margin.More ...

Gauging the Public’s Reaction to Edwards’ Extramarital Affair

Frank Newport

August 12, 2008
John Edwards has publicly acknowledged having had an extramarital affair -- a behavior that 9 out of 10 Americans consider to be morally wrong.More ...
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