The Public Religion Research Institute today released “Generations at Odds: The Millennial Generation and the Future of Gay and Lesbian Rights,” a report based on the Millennials, Religion & Gay and Lesbian Issues Survey. The survey notes the generational pattern, even among conservative political and religious groups such as evangelical Protestants.
Traditionally, people assume that religious groups generally oppose LGBT equality. However, the survey found that all people in all major religious groups support employment discrimination protections for gay and lesbian Americans. Even among the more contentious issue of marriage equality, major religious groups fall on both sides of the debate.
Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, noted that support for LGBT people has moved into a majority position. “Overall trends and the strongly supportive attitudes of the Millennial generation suggest that we will look back on 2011 as the year marking a sea change in American attitudes on gay and lesbian issues.”
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