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short readsNov 27, 2023

How people around the world view same-sex marriage

Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
short readsJun 14, 2023

Freedom of speech and LGBT rights: Americans’ views of issues in Supreme Court case

60% of Americans think business owners should not have to provide services if it might signal support for beliefs on LGBT issues that they oppose.
short readsJul 7, 2022

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
reportMar 15, 2022

Black Catholics in America

Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics – and Black Protestants
short readsSep 28, 2020

Religiously unaffiliated people more likely than those with a religion to lean left, accept homosexuality

In most of the 18 countries analyzed, religiously unaffiliated adults were more likely to say homosexuality should be accepted by society.
reportJun 25, 2020

The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists

Despite major changes in laws and norms surrounding the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opinion on the acceptance of homosexuality in society remains sharply divided by country, region and economic development.
short readsJun 13, 2019

Lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are more critical of churches than straight adults are

About seven-in-ten LGB adults said churches and other religious organizations focus too much on rules, compared with half of straight adults.
short readsFeb 26, 2019

Rift over gay rights comes as United Methodists in U.S. have become more accepting of homosexuality

The church is one of the few major mainline Protestant denominations in the country that currently does not sanction same-sex marriage.
short readsDec 5, 2017

Supreme Court same-sex wedding cake case reflects split among American public

Americans are divided over whether businesses that provide wedding services should be required to cater to same-sex couples even if their owners have religious objections to homosexuality.
short readsNov 27, 2017

Views of transgender issues divide along religious lines

Most Christians in America say that whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their sex at birth. Yet, many religious “nones” have different views.

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How people around the world view same-sex marriage

Freedom of speech and LGBT rights: Americans’ views of issues in Supreme Court case

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Black Catholics in America

Religiously unaffiliated people more likely than those with a religion to lean left, accept homosexuality

The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists

Lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are more critical of churches than straight adults are

Rift over gay rights comes as United Methodists in U.S. have become more accepting of homosexuality

Supreme Court same-sex wedding cake case reflects split among American public

Views of transgender issues divide along religious lines

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