| As debates over gender, sexuality, books, and curricula roiled local and national politics, PRRI published timely reports and analyses on the state of Americans’ attitudes on gender, pronouns, and LGBTQ rights.
In March, we released public opinion data on LGBTQ rights from the 2022 American Values Atlas (AVA), which contains the results of over 22,000 interviews. While support for LGBTQ rights is at or near all-time highs, there is wide variation in Americans’ views along partisan lines, as Bob Smietana reported for Religion News Service. Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) oppose permitting businesses to refuse service to LGBTQ people on religious grounds, however, Democrats are more than twice as likely (86%) as Republicans (41%) to oppose such religiously based refusals.
PRRI CEO Melissa Deckman, Ph.D., discussed the findings with Marc Ramirez of USA Today, saying, “It’s striking that public opinion is very different than what’s happening in some state legislatures.” As some states considered bans on drag, PRRI founder and president Robert P. Jones spoke with TIME’s Janell Ross about the survey findings and the ways religion influences Americans’ attitudes on LGBTQ rights. |
