(ZENIT News / Washington, DC, 20.03.2024).- The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) published the results of a survey where Americans of the LGBT group are increasingly younger, are inclined to the program of the Democratic Party and are less religious.
“The American Values Atrlas Survey carried out the annual survey in the United States of 22,000 people between August and September of 2023, on the tendencies in demographic, religious and cultural changes, especially on the so-called rights of the LGBTQ group.
According to NBC News, which commented on the survey, one out of every four “generation Z” adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or queer, much higher than the percentages of older Americans.
22% of young people in the United States between 18 and 29 years of age identify with the LGBTQ ideology as do 58% of residents in the United States, who consider themselves liberals or relate to the Democratic Party. It is relevant that the majority of Americans considered to be LGBTQ have no religious affiliation: 35% say they are Christians and 5% are non-Christian believers.
According to the PRRI Report, these adults of generation Z, make up 10% of all the country’s adults, made up of 16% of millennials, 7% of generation X, 4% of baby boomers and 4% of the silent generation.
The great majority of Americans agree that LGBTQ people should be protected against discrimination, although there is a drop in the support of this way of life. The Republicans decreased their support from 66% to 59%, as have young people from 18 to 29 years of age. In 2020, 83% of Americans seconded non-discrimination legislation; in 2023, 75%.
The backing of “homosexual marriage” also dropped. In 2022, 75% of Hispanic Catholics supported it; in 2023, 68%.
The number of young Americans that support gay unions also decreased: from 79% in 2018, to 71% in the latest survey.
The results coincide with those of other surveys, such as Gallup’s, published in February of last year, which showed generation Z as more permissive. According to Gallup’s data, 7.2% of adults identified with an LGBT tendency, those considered adults in the survey were between 19 to 26 years of age
The decrease in support of LGBTQ postulates goes with an increase in the backing of religious freedom and freedom of conscience in the work environment. The survey shows that 60% of Americans are opposed to a businessman denying homosexuals taking part in their business, even if their religious beliefs back it. In 2022 the percentage of those opposed was 65%.
The Report also shows that the percentage of Americans that support laws against discrimination of homosexuals and transgenders, has dropped from 80% in 2022 to 76% in 2023.
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