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British approval of homosexuality dips, even as religious affiliation declines

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According to the newest British Social Attitudes Survey, Britons’ acceptance of homosexual activity has declined for the first time since 1987 and the onset of the AIDS crisis. In 1983, the British Social Attitudes Survey (BSA) found that eight out of every 10 persons surveyed considered sexual relations between persons of the same sex objectionable. Until now, the number of Britons who are indifferent or accepting of sodomy has increased. The latest survey, however, found that the number of Britons accepting sodomy as normal has fallen.  According to the latest numbers, about one third of those surveyed are opposed to sodomy. The study has been conducted since the 1980s to study longitudinal changes in social attitudes. “The liberalisation in attitudes to sexual relationships observed since first recorded by BSA in the 1980s appears to be slowing down,” said the National Center for Social Research, “perhaps reflecting the marked divides between the attitudes of religious and ...

Americans vastly overestimate the size of the LGBT population

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In what is a testament to the marketing acumen of LGBT lobbyists and promoters, U.S. adults, on average, continue to believe that about 25% of the population is gay or lesbian,  more than five times the actual number . Overall, a full 90% believe in an inflated number, with 54% of Americans estimating that gays and lesbians constitute more than 20% of the population, according to a  June 17, 2019 Gallup poll . Only 8% of those polled come close to accurately estimating the LGBT population. Gallup Report, June 27, 2019 / Screenshot “Overestimations of the nation’s gay population may in part be due to the group’s outsized visibility,”  suggests  Gallup, citing a GLAAD report that found that 8.8% of primetime TV characters are LGBT.    Overlooked Gallup Data Tell a Bigger, More Important Story This most recent Gallup report was issued one day after the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s  Obergefell  ruling which instituted s...