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Americans' views toward a number of moral issues have shifted significantly since 2001. But their acceptance of gay and lesbian relations has increased the most, up 19 percentage points in the past 12 years.

Even as moral attitudes in the U.S. become more socially liberal, several behaviors remain taboo. These include adultery, polygamy, human cloning and suicide, though American adults are slightly more likely to accept the last three.

Public opinion changed in significant ways over the course of Barack Obama's presidency on issues such as the economy, trust in government and race relations.

Sixty-four percent of Americans believe gay or lesbian relations between consenting adults should be legal, the highest support Gallup has found to date. Slightly fewer, 56%, but still a new high, consider gay or lesbian relations morally ...

Gallup's series on the gay community's well-being and status in the world produced a variety of important findings this week.

U.S. adults, on average, estimate that 25% of Americans are gay or lesbian, up from an estimate of 21% to 22% in 2002. Lower-income Americans, the least educated, women, and young people give the highest estimates, and demographics appear to be ...

U.S. Jews and nonreligious Americans tend to be more liberal on moral issues than Protestants, Catholics and Mormons. Mormons diverge from all other groups on the morality of premarital sex and gambling.

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' acceptance of many moral issues has increased significantly over the past decade. Much of this change has been driven by a shift in older Americans' attitudes, whose beliefs are now more in line with those of younger Americans.

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