same-sex relations http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Doctor-assisted suicide is the most controversial of 17 cultural issues Gallup tested this year, with Americans divided 45% vs. 48% over its moral acceptability. Many also disagree about whether abortion and out-of-wedlock births are morally right or wrong. More than 9 in 10 say extramarital affairs are wrong. http://www.gallup.com/poll/147842/Doctor-Assisted-Suicide-Moral-Issue-Dividing-Americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/147842/Doctor-Assisted-Suicide-Moral-Issue-Dividing-Americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 31 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport discusses Americans' estimates of the size of the gay population in the United States, revealing that young adults and women offer some of the highest approximations. http://www.gallup.com/video/147827/Young-Adults-Women-Put-Gay-Population.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/video/147827/Young-Adults-Women-Put-Gay-Population.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 27 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT U.S. adults, on average, estimate that 25% of Americans are gay or lesbian, up from an estimate of 21% to 22% in 2002. Lower-income Americans, the least educated, women, and young people give the highest estimates, and demographics appear to be more closely related to views than politics or ideology. http://www.gallup.com/poll/147824/Adults-Estimate-Americans-Gay-Lesbian.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/147824/Adults-Estimate-Americans-Gay-Lesbian.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 27 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT Sixty-four percent of Americans believe gay or lesbian relations between consenting adults should be legal, the highest support Gallup has found to date. Slightly fewer, 56%, but still a new high, consider gay or lesbian relations morally acceptable. http://www.gallup.com/poll/147785/Support-Legal-Gay-Relations-Hits-New-High.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/147785/Support-Legal-Gay-Relations-Hits-New-High.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 25 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid. The increase from 44% last year came exclusively from political independents and Democrats. Republicans' views did not change. http://www.gallup.com/poll/147662/First-Time-Majority-Americans-Favor-Legal-Gay-Marriage.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/147662/First-Time-Majority-Americans-Favor-Legal-Gay-Marriage.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 20 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT If they had an opportunity to vote on it, 67% of Americans say they would vote for a law that would allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military. The most opposition comes from conservative Republicans. http://www.gallup.com/poll/145130/Support-Repealing-Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/145130/Support-Repealing-Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:15:00 GMT Two-thirds of Americans support key elements of the compromise tax bill worked out by President Obama and Republican leaders this week: extending tax breaks for two years for all Americans and extending unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. http://www.gallup.com/poll/145109/Americans-Support-Major-Elements-Tax-Compromise.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/145109/Americans-Support-Major-Elements-Tax-Compromise.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT Americans hold similar moral judgments on 12 of 16 cultural matters that sometimes fuel debate in the country. By contrast, doctor-assisted suicide is highly controversial, as are gay relations, abortion, and having children out of wedlock. http://www.gallup.com/poll/137357/Four-Moral-Issues-Sharply-Divide-Americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/137357/Four-Moral-Issues-Sharply-Divide-Americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 26 May 2010 20:00:00 GMT American men have become more likely to view gay and lesbian relations as "morally acceptable" in recent years, sending overall acceptance to a new high of 52% in 2010. Support for legal gay marriage and the legality of gay and lesbian relations more generally are also near their highest levels. http://www.gallup.com/poll/135764/Americans-Acceptance-Gay-Relations-Crosses-Threshold.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/135764/Americans-Acceptance-Gay-Relations-Crosses-Threshold.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 25 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT More Americans continue to oppose (53%) than favor (44%) legal recognition of same-sex marriage, but the current level of opposition ties the lowest Gallup has measured since 1996. http://www.gallup.com/poll/128291/Americans-Opposition-Gay-Marriage-Eases-Slightly.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/128291/Americans-Opposition-Gay-Marriage-Eases-Slightly.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 24 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT