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A majority of Americans favor inheritance rights and employee benefits for gay and lesbian spouses and partners, and gay and lesbian adoption rights. Less than half support openly gay adults serving as Boy Scout leaders.

Trends measuring Americans' values need to be analyzed in the context of differences in question wording and changes in methodology.

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults say it is very important for a couple who has a child together to be married, down from 38% in 2013 and 49% in 2006.

Americans' lessened confidence in society's institutions and norms may affect society's ability to deal with crucial external and internal threats.

Fifty-seven percent of Democrats say they are liberal on social issues, while a smaller 41% say they are liberal on economic issues. Republicans are more likely to say they are conservative on economic (73%) than on social issues (62%).

More Americans continue to believe sexual orientation is present at birth rather than a result of upbringing.

Gallup surveys conducted ahead of Argentina's election shed light on three key issues that will likely play a decisive role in the outcome.

Americans today have very different views about LGBT issues than they did in 1977, when Gallup first polled about gays and lesbians.

Reflecting a gradual shift since the 1990s, more Americans now say government should not favor any set of values (51%) than say it should promote traditional values (43%). In most recent years, Americans have been divided on this.

The California Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a state ban on gay marriage runs contrary to how the majority of Americans feel about the issue. Only 40% believe marriages between same-sex couples should be legally valid; 56% say they should ...