ethics and morals / http://backend.userland.com/rss ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½WebTeam Of 20 behaviors, extramarital affairs and human cloning are seen as the most morally wrong. Birth control and divorce remain the most morally acceptable. /poll/692801/adultery-cloning-seen-immoral-behaviors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/692801/adultery-cloning-seen-immoral-behaviors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 22 Jul 2025 23:00:00 GMT The share of LGBTQ+ Americans who are married to their same-sex partner versus living together is down from the peak shortly after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages. But it remains higher than before the 2015 ruling. /poll/691199/share-married-lgbtq-americans-down-slightly-peak.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/691199/share-married-lgbtq-americans-down-slightly-peak.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 04 Jun 2025 03:00:00 GMT Americans widely support same-sex marriage and believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, but partisans' views diverge more than ever. /poll/691139/record-party-divide-years-sex-marriage-ruling.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/691139/record-party-divide-years-sex-marriage-ruling.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 29 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT Just over seven in 10 Americans, 71%, believe doctors should be "allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his or her family request it." /poll/648215/americans-favor-legal-euthanasia.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/648215/americans-favor-legal-euthanasia.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 08 Aug 2024 03:00:00 GMT Americans remain largely supportive of the legalization of same-sex marriages, and a majority believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable. /poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 24 Jun 2024 03:00:00 GMT Americans widely regard in-vitro fertilization as morally acceptable, but they divide over whether destroying frozen embryos created by IVF is morally acceptable (49%) or wrong (43%). /poll/646025/americans-back-ivf-divide-morality-destroying-embryos.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/646025/americans-back-ivf-divide-morality-destroying-embryos.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:30:00 GMT More Americans rate the ethics of top Biden administration officials in negative than positive terms. This is a worse assessment than for all prior presidential administrations since Reagan, with the exception of Trump. /poll/509279/majority-say-biden-administration-ethics-subpar.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/509279/majority-say-biden-administration-ethics-subpar.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:00:00 GMT Most Americans favor abortion being legal to some degree, and a majority self-identify as "pro-choice." /poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:00:00 GMT A year after U.S. voters attached record-high importance to abortion as an election issue, the issue is still potent, particularly for the pro-choice side. /poll/507527/abortion-remains-potent-issue-pro-choice-voters.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/507527/abortion-remains-potent-issue-pro-choice-voters.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 21 Jun 2023 03:30:00 GMT