U.S. Muslims More Accepting of Homosexuality Than White Evangelicals

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC News


by MEDARDO PEREZ
AUG 2 2017, 4:43 PM ET

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found a sizable shift in the views of American Muslims when it comes to homosexuality and found them to be more accepting of it than white evangelicals.

In a survey conducted between January and May, 52 percent of U.S. Muslims said homosexuality should be accepted by society — an increase of 25 percentage since 2007. Comparatively, only 34 percent of white evangelical Protestants said they believed homosexuality should be accepted, the smallest percentage of any group surveyed.

Within the U.S. Muslim community, women and college graduates had the highest acceptance rate of homosexuality (both 63 percent), followed by less religious Muslims (62 percent) and millennials (60 percent).

While results found that acceptance of homosexuality in the U.S. Muslim community corresponds with wider acceptance in the U.S. general public, there remained generational differences in acceptance within both populations. Researchers found younger U.S. Muslims are more accepting of homosexuality than their older counterparts. Within the U.S. Muslim community, 60 percent of millennials said homosexuality should be accepted in society — 14 percentage points fewer than the general millennial population in 2016. In contrast, the U.S. Muslim "Baby Boomer or older" demographic had a 42 percent acceptance rating of homosexuality in 2017, 11 points lower than the general population’s acceptance rate around the same time.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/u-s-muslims-more-accepting-homosexuality-white-evangelicals-n788891

[RKP5637]

1. K&R!!! n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Surprising and not surprising all at one.

I am a bit surprised at the high level of acceptance, but not all that surprised by the actual acceptance. It demonstrates there is a big difference in Muslims in North America, and those in the ME and even Europe, where these numbers aren't even remotely close in way of support.

[Motley13]

3. white evangelicals are not accepting of anything outside their little narrow minds

I equate them to the Taliban way of thinking, each in their own little narrow worlds

[Matthew28]

4. Exactly

They have to hate anything that is different.

[Corvo Bianco]

5. White evangelicals accept bologna sandwiches, and some of them have dogs.

Other than that they're pretty much petrified by the natural world.

[LanternWaste]

14. We also have nice flatware...

We also have very attractive flatware and more often than not, sharply ironed pleats on our khakis.

[Corvo Bianco]

15. Ha! And not believing in Jesus,

Miscreant that I am, I owned three mismatching dinner plates yesterday. Dog knocked one off the table. Now there are two. I hope my lack of life's best ornaments doesn't drive us apart

[Hieronymus]

6. Not surprising.

[EL34x4]

7. U.S. Muslims also more accepting of homosexuality than Black Protestants.

52% to 50%.

Of all religions surveyed, white mainline protestants were the most accepting with 76%.

On a positive note, acceptance of homosexuality has increased among all demographics surveyed over the past decade.

[lunasun]

8. K&R Truth!

[Solly Mack]

9. I'm not surprised by this.

[ck4829]

10. K&R

[GulfCoast66]

11. I am curious at the approval rate

Of those people who do not believe in superstition.

[Bradical79]

12. 80%+

I assume we're lumped in with "unaffiliated", which is 80%, up 5% in that time period.

[oberliner]

13. American Muslims tend to be much more liberal than their non-American counterparts

It seems like a very different dynamic here than in Europe or elsewhere.