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Americans Growing More Liberal, Gallup Survey Finds
Americans are becoming more liberal in their moral values, if the latest Gallup “Values and Beliefs” survey, released May 11, is accurate. According to the polling of a little over 1,000 adults across the United States, the views Americans hold on a core of moral issues “are the most left-leaning or permissive they have been to date,” the report stated.
Among the findings: Ninety-one percent of those surveyed consider birth control to be morally acceptable; 73 percent think divorce is okay, compared to 59 percent of respondents in 2001, when Gallup’s “Values and Beliefs” survey was first conducted; 69 percent were in favor of sex between an unmarried man and woman, versus 53 percent in 2001; 63 percent approved of same-sex relationships, versus 40 percent in 2001; and 62 percent approved of having a child outside of wedlock, versus 45 percent in 2001.
As for abortion, attitudes appear to be more or less the same as they were in 2001: 43 percent approve of abortion on demand in America today, compared to 42 percent 16 years ago. On a positive note, the Gallup poll found that 49 percent of Americans disapprove of abortion.
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