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A summer 2010 survey found the public split, but in favor of gun control over the right to own guns by a 50%-to-46% margin.

Nearly two-thirds of white evangelical Protestants (64%) say helping to protect Israel should be a very important policy goal for the U.S. in the Middle East, compared with 34% of white mainline Protestants and 36% of white Catholics.

In 2010 surveys, 42% of Americans favored same-sex marriage — up from 37% just in 2009 — while fewer than half (48%) opposed gay marriage for the first time in Pew Research Center polling.

Far more (55%) want the health care reform law either expanded (35%) or left as is (20%) than favor its repeal (37%).

Fully eight-in-ten adults younger than age 30 favor legalizing marijuana for medical use.

A substantial majority of Democrats say that it is the government’s responsibility “to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves” while less than half of Republicans take that view.

Americans ages 65 and older are the most worried about government involvement in health care.

Fewer than half (46%) among the American public now see the country as more politically divided than in the past, down 20 points from January 2007.

Just under half (48%) of the public says spending billions of dollars to help keep financial institutions secure is the right thing to do; 40% say it is wrong.