Poll: Americans morally oppose cloning, cheating & polygamy; birth control, alcohol & divorce OK
(UPI) -- Many Americans consider birth control, alcohol and divorce to be morally acceptable issues -- while extramarital affairs, suicide, polygamy and human cloning are mostly considered immoral, a new survey said Wednesday.
Gallup said in the new research Americans have taken a more liberal view on most behaviors since it first started asking the questions in the early 2000s.
In the poll, birth control had almost universal acceptance at 92 percent, while acceptance for alcohol use was 79 percent and divorce 77 percent. Conversely, 89 percent said extramarital affairs was morally wrong. Eighty-five percent said the same about human cloning, and 79 percent for suicide.
Other issues are also gaining acceptance, including smoking marijuana (65 percent), having a baby outside marriage and embryonic stem cell research (both 64 percent). Sixty-three percent voiced acceptance for same-sex relationships. Of the 21 issues in the poll, 13 are considered morally acceptable by the majority of liberals. Nine are acceptable to a majority of conservatives.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/05/29/Poll-Birth-control-alcohol-most-morally-acceptable-cheating-cloning-the-least/8881559147776/