Public Religion Research Institute released a study that shows assistance for LGBTQ rights is lower over the last year. The review is based on more than 22, 000 discussions of citizens across all 50 state.
Important results:
- Help for non- bias protections for LGBTQ Americans has dropped four points in the past month, from 80 percent in 2022 to 76 percent in 2023. As of 2023, more than three- quarters of Americans support policies that protect LGBTQ Americans from bias in housing, work, and open hospitality, this represents a decline from a high of 80 percent in 2022.
- Opposition to allowing morally based company denials has dropped five points in the past month, from 65 percent of Americans in 2022 to 60 percent in 2023. A majority of independents (59 percent ) and more than eight in ten Democrats (82 percent ) oppose allowing small business owners to refuse service to LGBTQ people based on their religious beliefs.
- Support for similar- sexual relationship has declined among Americans in the last year, dropping from 69 percent to 67 percent. Two- thirds of Americans ( 67 percent ) support allowing similar- sex couples to marry officially, an increase of 13 percentage points from 2014, when 54 percent supported similar- sex marriage, but a decrease since 2022, when 69 percent of Americans supported similar- sex marriage.
- Transgender rights drive election choices of Democrats more than Republicans, younger American more than older Americans. When asked how LGBTQ rights affects their voting, a plurality of Americans ( 38 percent ) say this is one of many important factors they consider, 30 percent say they would only vote for a candidate who shares their views on this issue, and 29 percent say they do not see LGBTQ rights as a major issue.
- Christian patriotism rejecters are more likely to help LGBTQ privileges than Christian nationalism deniers, supporters or members. PRRI’s Christian nationalism level classifies Americans into four groups based on their reactions to five statements about the perceived connection between Christianity, American personality and the U. S. state.
You can find the complete survey below.
— David Taffet
