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    Gay Marriage and Homosexuality

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    See the latest Pew Research Center reports, data and interactive features on gay marriage and homosexuality, including public opinion, changing legal status and religious groups’ views.

    Dating and Relationships in the Digital Age
    From distractions to jealousy, how Americans navigate cellphones and social media in their romantic relationships.
    As family structures change in U.S., a growing share of Americans say it makes no difference
    45% of Americans don’t think it makes a difference that there is growing variety in the types of family arrangements people live in.
    Shareable facts about Americans’ experiences with online dating
    Key findings from a Pew Research Center study about online dating.
    The Virtues and Downsides of Online Dating
    A majority of online daters say their overall experience was positive, but many users – particularly younger women – report being harassed or sent explicit messages on these platforms.
    U.S. has changed in key ways in the past decade, from tech use to demographics
    Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.
    A global snapshot of same-sex marriage
    Worldwide, most of the countries that allow gay marriage are in Western Europe. In the Americas, five countries have legalized gay marriage.
    Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unions
    More than 18 years after the Netherlands became the world’s first country to allow same-sex marriage, Austria became the latest European nation to legalize the practice.
    5 facts about same-sex marriage
    The share of Americans who favor same sex marriage has grown in recent years, though there are still demographic and partisan divides.
    Bisexual adults are far less likely than gay men and lesbians to be ‘out’ to the people in their lives
    Only 19% of those who identify as bisexual say all or most of the important people in their lives are aware of their sexual orientation.
    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.

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