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Nearly three in 10 adults (28%) in 123 countries in 2013 say their city or area is a "good place" for gay or lesbian people to live, but attitudes range from a high of 83% in the Netherlands to a low of 1% in Pakistan and Senegal.

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.

For the first time in nearly a decade, more Americans say the Supreme Court is too conservative than too liberal.

In the past year, Republicans' job approval rating of the Supreme Court has surged from 26% to 65%, while Democrats' rating has plummeted from 67% to 40%.

Representing one of the largest shifts of public opinion in Gallup history, 87% of Americans approve of marriage between blacks and whites, up from 4% in 1958. Older Americans are the least likely to approve.

Married registered voters favor Republican Mitt Romney over Democrat Barack Obama, 54% to 39%. A Gallup analysis finds that marital status remains a strong predictor of ballot preference even after controlling for a number of variables.

Although the U.S. divorce rate is falling, more Americans (73%) find divorce "morally acceptable" than before.

Dahlia Lithwick joins the podcast to discuss Americans' record-low confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Why is polygamy, which remains illegal in all 50 states, becoming permissible to an increasing percentage of the country?

Gallup reviews the top stories of 2015, including Americans' views of Bernie Sanders and the Tea Party movement, what employees want from their managers and how government became the most important problem in the U.S.