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Seventy-one percent of Americans say they support legal same-sex marriage, a new high in Gallup's trend.

U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to grow, now at 70% -- a new high in Gallup's trend dating to 1996.

Americans' views on the moral acceptability of sexual behavior and marriage have shifted significantly over the past 20 years.

Jeff Jones and Jenny Marlar join the podcast to discuss Gallup's historical trends on LGBTQ+ issues and the new, advanced ways it measures issues facing the community today.

While Pope Francis' comments supporting same sex civil unions were a drastic shift in Catholic church guidance, U.S. Catholics have supported gay marriage for about a decade.

U.S. adults increasingly believe the American public supports same-sex marriage, with 48% saying so -- a higher percentage than Gallup found in three polls over the prior decade.

Ninety-four percent of U.S. adults now approve of marriages between Black people and White people. Just 4% approved when Gallup first asked the question in 1958.

Two in three Americans (67%) say marriages between same-sex couples should be legally recognized, matching the previous high Gallup measured in 2018.

Of 20 behaviors, extramarital affairs and human cloning are seen as the most morally wrong. Birth control and divorce remain the most morally acceptable.

Several factors help explain why Americans are four times as likely to see polygamy as morally acceptable now compared with 14 years ago.