Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unprecedented ruling that determined same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, a decision that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. While the public’s attitudes toward gay marriage remain unchanged from a year ago, they have changed dramatically over the […] Read more »
3 of 4 Americans OK with transgender people using public restrooms based on the gender they identify with
A new iMediaEthics poll finds few Americans upset that transgender people may use public restrooms based on their gender identity, rather than the biological sex that is indicated on their birth certificate. Overall, only about a quarter of Americans, 27%, say they would be upset, while the rest either support […] Read more »
6-in-10 oppose bills like the North Carolina transgender bathroom law
Americans broadly oppose laws that would require transgender people to use facilities that correspond with their gender at birth rather than their gender identity, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, and three-quarters favor laws guaranteeing equal protection for transgender individuals. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Reaping as they sowed: How the culture wars are smiting the GOP
… If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s become hi-definition clear in the past few weeks that the culture wars, long a powerful wedge that Republicans wielded against the Democrats, have now become a dagger that cleaves GOP ranks down the middle. … The wedge of the culture wars still cuts […] Read more »
Stands on social issues tear at the two main conservative bases
The ideological rifts breaking apart the Republican Party have moved into the states, where business leaders and evangelicals who have long coexisted in the GOP are suddenly at war over social issues such as gay rights and religious freedom. … Rather than unifying around a message and strategy to win […] Read more »
AP-NORC Poll: Pope Francis popular, but influence limited
Pope Francis’ comments Thursday that Donald Trump is “not a Christian” if he supports a wall along the Mexican border put the Republican presidential contender in the uncomfortable position of being pitted against a more popular political figure, according to recent polling on the pope’s standing among Americans and American […] Read more »