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A new high of 60% of Americans say they are satisfied with the acceptance of gays and lesbians in the U.S. -- up from 53% in 2014 and 2015. Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and independents are satisfied.

Gallup data show U.S. marriage rates have declined since 1980, especially among Democrats compared with Republicans.

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. ...

Southern Baptists, meeting in Nashville for their annual convention, remain the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.

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.

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.

Democrats view two Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices -- Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts -- more positively than Republicans do. Republicans are more positive toward another GOP appointee, Antonin Scalia.

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.

What average Americans would say in a letter to their elected representatives.

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