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When same-sex marriages become legal in New York, 30 days after Friday's ruling by the state's legislature, the majority of Americans will likely be applauding or at least not complaining.

Just over half of Americans would vote for an atheist (54%) or a Muslim (58%) for president, the least among nine hypothetical candidates. More than nine in 10 would vote for Jewish, Hispanic, Catholic, female, or black candidates.

Of 21 personal behaviors and practices measured, Americans agree most widely that birth control is morally acceptable and that extramarital affairs are morally wrong.

Americans' assessments of U.S. moral values have always been poor, but their current ratings are the worst in seven years.

With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments on a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, Gallup finds that Americans generally support giving insurance, tax, and Social Security benefits to same-sex spouses of federal employees.

As was the case two years ago, Americans identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are significantly more Democratic than other Americans, and are significantly more likely to approve of Barack Obama's job performance.

Pete Buttigieg raised the possibility of a "religious left" in the coming presidential election, but relatively few liberals or Democrats are highly religious.

The U.S. military has released the results of its massive study of military service men and women on the issue of repealing the currently applicable "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Half of Americans believe same-sex marriages should be recognized by law as valid -- down slightly from 53% last year, but still the second highest in Gallup's history of tracking this question.

Americans say same-sex couples should be legally permitted to adopt children, the first time a majority in the U.S. has believed this. This outpaces the massive cultural shift toward support for same-sex marriage in the last 20 years.