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A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of 'groomer' attacks on the LGBTQ community (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the survey conducted last month, just 41% of Republicans said that gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, a 15% drop from 2022.

So, 59% ambivalent or against.

Given 73% of red team adherents strongly believe in God therefore have strong religious adherence, we're still trending better than expected.

Of these, given the outsize skew toward red team from Evangelical Protestant and Mormon groups, it should be unsurprising a party with a strong representation of outspoken religious bigots is skewing toward bigotry. Disappointing, sure, but unsurprising.

Independents who say same-sex relations are morally acceptable has remained steady in recent years, with 73% expressing approval in 2023 compared to 72% the year before, according to Gallup.

Independents showing a detachment from a given team's trend change is always good to see.

Overall, 64% of Americans still say that gay or lesbian relations are "morally acceptable," including 79% of Democrats and 73% of self-described independents, according to the Gallup poll.

Americans have come a long way since 2001, when just 40% of respondents to the same poll expressed approval of same-sex relations.

And we're still trending far improved from where we were in the early days of the acceptance movement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They claim to believe in God but they just believe in money and fuck everybody else. One cannot be a Republican and a moral individual at the same time. They're incompatible at the most fundamental level.