A new report from the Pew Research Center finds a troubling share of Americans still believe being gay is morally wrong. The 2025 survey examined attitudes in 25 countries, asking respondents whether behaviors such as abortion, drinking alcohol, and homosexuality were morally acceptable, morally unacceptable, or not a moral issue. In the United States, about 39 percent of respondents said homosexuality was morally wrong. That rate is significantly higher than in several Western European countries.
In Sweden, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands, more than 90 percent of people said homosexuality is morally acceptable. Comparable levels of disapproval were reported in Israel at 47 percent, Hungary at 34 percent, and Greece at 30 percent. Separate polling by YouGov in February also found U.S. adults divided on whether discrimination against LGBTQ people is a serious problem.
The poll showed only 23 per cent of US adults believed ‘LGBT discrimination’ is a very serious problem, others found it is a somewhat serious problem, or a minor problem, or no problem at all. The data underscores that while acceptance has grown globally, public opinion on LGBTQ issues in the United States is still deeply divided, even after over a decade of marriage equality.
