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Gallup 2011 Values and Beliefs poll: Moral Issues Dividing Americans


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Gallup have conducted a poll looking at American perceptions of moral issues.

Here’s the results:

So the top 5 most contentious and divisive issues are:

Doctor Assisted Suicide – Abortion – Having a baby out of wedlock – Buying or wearing animal fur – Gay relationships

The top 5 most immoral issues are:

Marital adultery – Polygamy – Cloning Humans – Suicide – Pornography

The top 5 morally acceptable issues are:

Divorce – Death Penalty – Gambling – Medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos – Sexual relations between unmarried men and women

Posted by Stuart James
 

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