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    Episcopalians Accept Homosexuality

    As the U.S. Episcopal Church consecrates its first lesbian bishop, fully 70% of its members say homosexuality should be accepted by society as a way of life.

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    Throw the Bums Out

    Just four-in-ten voters want to see their representative reelected this year.

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    Who Leads the GOP?

    When asked to name the leader of the GOP, seven-in-ten Americans say they don’t know (52%) or volunteer “nobody” (18%).

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    Macs Not Goldman Sachs

    Seven-in-ten Americans say technology companies are having a positive effect on the way things are going in this country.

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    Not Stimulated

    Six-in-ten Americans say the economic stimulus has not helped the job situation.

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    Beneficial Bailouts?

    Roughly half of Americans say TARP, federal loans to troubled banks, did not prevent a more severe financial crisis.

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    Hispanics: Targets of Discrimination

    Nearly a quarter of Americans say Hispanics face a lot of discrimination in society today, making them the racial/ethnic group the public sees as most often subjected to discrimination.

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    Oil Spill Seen As Ecological Disaster

    Americans are critical of the government’s response to the environmental disaster in the Gulf, but even more so of BP. Support for offshore oil drilling is down, though Republican opinion is unchanged.

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    The New Demography of American Motherhood

    Today’s mothers of newborns are older and better educated than their counterparts in 1990, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. They are less likely to be white and less likely to be married.

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