Marriage https://news.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Americans have become more liberal on many moral and values issues over the past quarter century, but with some signs of a leveling off in recent years. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/694550/trends-adults-acceptance-moral-values-behaviors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/694550/trends-adults-acceptance-moral-values-behaviors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Of 20 behaviors, extramarital affairs and human cloning are seen as the most morally wrong. Birth control and divorce remain the most morally acceptable. https://news.gallup.com/poll/692801/adultery-cloning-seen-immoral-behaviors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/692801/adultery-cloning-seen-immoral-behaviors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT The share of LGBTQ+ Americans who are married to their same-sex partner versus living together is down from the peak shortly after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages. But it remains higher than before the 2015 ruling. https://news.gallup.com/poll/691199/share-married-lgbtq-americans-down-slightly-peak.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/691199/share-married-lgbtq-americans-down-slightly-peak.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Americans widely support same-sex marriage and believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, but partisans' views diverge more than ever. https://news.gallup.com/poll/691139/record-party-divide-years-sex-marriage-ruling.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/691139/record-party-divide-years-sex-marriage-ruling.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 29 May 2025 08:00:00 GMT Gallup data show U.S. marriage rates have declined since 1980, especially among Democrats compared with Republicans. https://news.gallup.com/poll/646793/why-marriage-became-partisan.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/646793/why-marriage-became-partisan.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:00:00 GMT Americans remain largely supportive of the legalization of same-sex marriages, and a majority believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable. https://news.gallup.com/poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT Married people are more likely to be thriving in their wellbeing than adults who have never married, are divorced or are living with a domestic partner. https://news.gallup.com/poll/642590/married-americans-thriving-higher-rates-unmarried-adults.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/642590/married-americans-thriving-higher-rates-unmarried-adults.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:00:00 GMT Americans' lessened confidence in society's institutions and norms may affect society's ability to deal with crucial external and internal threats. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/547766/crisis-confidence-2023.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/547766/crisis-confidence-2023.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT Despite declining fertility and marriage rates, Americans want to have children and to be married. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/512933/fertility-marriage-power-social-norms.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/512933/fertility-marriage-power-social-norms.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:30:00 GMT Views on the morality of a variety of practices are largely stable, though fewer say same-sex relations are morally OK and more say the death penalty is. https://news.gallup.com/poll/507230/fewer-say-sex-relations-morally-acceptable.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/507230/fewer-say-sex-relations-morally-acceptable.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 16 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMT