The change was largely driven by self-identified Republican respondents. “The current figure is the lowest Gallup has measured for Republicans since 2014 (39%),” Gallup found.
Conservatives have used LGBTQ rights as a cudgel over the past year, with right-wing outletsthe Pride flag a sign of “grooming and pedophilia” when it flew on the White House this week, and GOP lawmakers attacking companies like Target for selling Pride merchandise this month. Donald Trump remarked on Republicans’ newfound animus for LGBTQ issues—notably transgender rights—, when he observed that his audience was less enthusiastic about tax cuts than they were about his attacks on trans rights.
Men and older Americans were also considerably more likely to describe same-sex relationships as immoral. 40 percent of men, as opposed to 28 percent of women, told Gallup they opposed same-sex relationships, as did 43 percent of respondents older than 55.
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