Many observers have been struck by how quickly public opinion has shifted on homosexuality in the United States. … In the mid-1970s, about 70 percent of Americans told pollsters that “sexual relations between two adults of the same sex” were “always wrong.” In the 2010s only 46 percent did. Note […] Read more »
Forget 2014, poll finds worried Americans predict nation in downhill slide clear through 2050
Ask people to imagine American life in 2050, and you’ll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority of Americans predict a future worse than today. CONT. Connie Cass, AP Read more »
The GOP’s Darwinism
… The nonpartisan Pew Research Center recently released the results of an extensive poll done in 2013 on Americans’ views of evolution. Like other polls, it shows that overall views are stable: Sixty percent believe that humans have evolved over time, the same as said so in 2009. But within […] Read more »
Four in 10 Report Attending Church in Last Week
Nearly four in 10 Americans report that they attended religious services in the past seven days. Americans’ report of their weekly church attendance has varied over the years, but it is close now to where it was in 1940 and 1950. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
The Politics of Who Watches ‘Duck Dynasty’
This week, the A&E reality show show “Duck Dynasty” stepped out of the world of cable TV and into the political fray. After one of the show’s stars, Phil Robertson, was suspended for comments about gays he made in a GQ interview, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and […] Read more »
Celebrating Christmas and the Holidays, Then and Now
Nine-in-ten Americans say they celebrate Christmas, and three-quarters say they believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. But only about half see Christmas mostly as a religious holiday, while one-third view it as more of a cultural holiday. CONT. Pew Read more »