American Jews strongest backers of gay marriage, abortion
David Rosenberg, 30/05/16 18:30
A new
Gallup poll released on Thursday shed some light on
American Jewry’s lopsided support for the Democrat Party.
According to the survey,
American Jews were more likely than any other religious group – including those with no religion – to find abortion and gay relations morally acceptable. With few exceptions, Jews reflected
strongly libertine views that deviated from those of Catholics, Protestants, and Mormons.
A whopping 76% of American Jews said they felt abortion was “morally acceptable,” compared to just 38% of Catholics, 33% of Protestants, and 18% of Mormons. Only respondents who selected “no religion” tracked closely with Jews, with 73% saying they found abortion acceptable.
…American Jews were again far more likely than others to find them morally acceptable, with
85% of Jews and 83% of those with no religion
accepting of gay or lesbian relations. Among Mormons the figure was 28%, compared to 41% of Protestants, and 62% of Catholics.
Jews were also the
most likely to accept the cloning of animals, with 50% of both Jews and those without religion saying it was morally acceptable. Only 28% of Protestants and 33% of both Mormons and Catholics found animal cloning acceptable.
Regarding
physician-assisted suicide, 73% of Jews found the idea morally acceptable, compared to 77% of those without religion, 47% of Catholics, 43% of Protestants, and 30% of Mormons. …
But Jews were among the
most likely to say premarital sex was acceptable, with 83% of Jews and 88% of those without religion finding it morally acceptable, while only 29% of Mormons, 50% of Protestants, and 68% of Catholics responded similarly.
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