Moral Issues 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 Almost six in 10 Americans support allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the U.S. military, and nearly eight in 10 back women serving in combat roles. https://news.gallup.com/poll/656534/openly-transgender-troops-backed-reduced-majority.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/656534/openly-transgender-troops-backed-reduced-majority.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT Just over seven in 10 Americans, 71%, believe doctors should be "allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his or her family request it." https://news.gallup.com/poll/648215/americans-favor-legal-euthanasia.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/648215/americans-favor-legal-euthanasia.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 08 Aug 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 Americans widely regard in-vitro fertilization as morally acceptable, but they divide over whether destroying frozen embryos created by IVF is morally acceptable (49%) or wrong (43%). https://news.gallup.com/poll/646025/americans-back-ivf-divide-morality-destroying-embryos.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/646025/americans-back-ivf-divide-morality-destroying-embryos.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:30:00 GMT Most Americans favor abortion being legal to some degree, but there is wide disagreement about the extent. https://news.gallup.com/poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication https://news.gallup.com/poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:00:00 GMT