A recent poll out from Gallup shows
54 percent of Americans consider “gay or lesbians relations”
“morally acceptable,” while 42 percent say gay or lesbian relations
are “morally wrong.” Gallup has been asking this question since
2001. At the time, results were clearly flipped with 53 percent
saying homosexual relations are morally wrong, and 40 percent
saying morally acceptable. Acceptance eclipsed in 2008 and has
continued to increase since this time.

 

Support for same-sex marriage has closely mirrored acceptance of
gay and lesbian relations. For the first time, in 2011 Gallup found
majority support for same-sex marriage and has since maintained
marginal majority support.

 

Gallup also demonstrates the increasingly polarized
nature-versus-nurture debate over homosexuality. When Gallup first
asked the question in 1977, thirteen percent believed “being gay or
lesbian [was] something a person [was] born with.” In contrast 56
percent said, “being gay or lesbian [was] due to factors such as
upbringing and environment.” These numbers steadily coalesced until
2001 so that the electorate was evenly divided and has since stayed
polarized.

Source: Gallup
Organization.