As many head to the bars for St. Patrick’s Day, not everyone will be celebrating; more than six-in-ten Americans think drinking alcohol excessively is morally wrong.
That’s the number of states that now place limits on minors seeking a bronze glow from the ultraviolet lights of a tanning bed. Utah, Virginia and North Dakota are the most recent states to join the list.
About one-in-five among the public say that today’s fathers are doing a better job compared with fathers a generation ago; far fewer (9%) say that today’s mothers are doing a better job than their predecessors.
That’s the portion of Gen Nexters — Americans ages 18-25 — who say they exercise on at least a weekly basis — though not all Gen Next pastimes are healthy ones.
Seven-in-ten American adults now say that it is more difficult to be a mother today than it was 20 or 30 years ago, according to a new Pew survey. Somewhat fewer (60%) say the same about being a father.
That’s the percentage of the public in both Kenya and Nigeria that says that homosexuality can never be justified. In the U.S. half of the public, including 80% of pentecostals, take that view.