yet they keep electing RATS who are DESTROYING whats left of the morality in America!!!
Posted on 06/04/2007 2:26:21 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
NEW YORK Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll finds Americans very concerned about the current state of moral values in the United States. Only about one in six Americans describe the state of moral values in the country in positive terms, and perceptions that moral values are "poor" in the country are at their highest point ever, edging close to the 50% mark.
Exactly 1% rate the state of moral values as "excellent," with just 16% choosing "good," and 44% poor.
More than 8 in 10 Americans think morality is getting worse, representing a slight increase in the past three years. Only 11% say it is getting better.
On homosexuality, 49% still find it morally not acceptable while 47% do accept it. Just over half (51%) find abortion morally wrong with 42% accepting it.
"The groups of Americans who are most negative about moral values in this country include senior citizens, blacks, women, conservative Republicans, Protestants, and weekly churchgoers," Gallup reports. Eight in 10 consevatives are dissatisfied, compared with 6 in 10 liberals who feel that way.
Agreement on what represents moral behavior varied widely. Two in three find the death penalty moral acceptable and nearly as many feel that way about divorce (an interesting commentary in itself). In the category are using stem cells in medicine and gambling.
At the other end come low approval marks for suicide (16%), clonining humans (11%), polygamy (8%) and adultery (6%).
Just over 1,000 adults were surveyed for this annual poll.
interesting that Catholics did not show up in the survey, as the Church’s moral teaching is quite structured. I agree with the finding on blacks though. I know many black people who are not conservative in most of their political views, but are dead-set against abortion and gay marriage.
Isn’t Rudy Giuliani a Catholic?
The AIDS epidemic drastically improved the morality of this country. Read “And the Band Played On” about gay men in 1980 having 2500 or more anonymous sex partners and some of the horrible things that went on then.
I still remember how shocked the network talking heads were on election night 2004, when they discussed exit polling showing that moral values were one of the leading concerns of voters that year. Partly it was driven by the same sex marriage debate and the fact that 11 states had consitutional bans on same voted on at that time. But this shows that there are significant numbers of people out there who are concerned with the culture and some semblance of morality in the culture. The MSM just doesn’t understand some of these issues. The “morality” of the Upper West Side or West Hollywood or Berkeley is different with some places derided as “flyover country”.
It all depends on the questions asked. I take it that other “sins” like lying weren’t mentioned. A good liar can do more damage than a lot of the other sinners mentioned.
LOL, and yet they elected a Democrat congress.
I'd be more concerned about the current state of IQs.
In Name Only.
Ding Ding Ding, I think we have a winner.
yet they keep electing RATS who are DESTROYING whats left of the morality in America!!!
He’s a CINO.
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