Most noteworthy for me is the fact that more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).
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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/
Ok so a third of people think voluntary assisted dying is wrong but two thirds of people think the death penalty is totally fine.
The fuck is wrong with people?
Alternate headline: "Americans objectively bad at morality across the board"
Bonus headline: "Don't spank it, hit your kids instead"
Wow people don’t realize how morally wrong it is to have billionaires. I guess we’re surrounded by morons
Wow. Does this really wanna tell me that roughly every 2nd US-american I would in the US of A is a cult-loving, children-spanking, homophobic, misogynistic silly shitstick of an excuse for a decent human being? Explains the "president".
Did I mention: wow?
Can only hope this is some totally stupid agenda-pushing crap, and only 20 people were interviewed. In front of some church or so.
I can guarantee you the people who voted these things as being "morally wrong" only believe it's wrong if someone else is doing it
I think hypocrisy is somehow implied with the top3 "immoralities" here.
Especially homophobia. I always had the suspicion, that the graph, that shows "volume and intensity of voicing of anti-gay-sentiment" on the x-axis, and "actually being closeted gay themselves" on the y-axis, is a very straight line in a 45° arc of both.
I realized some years ago that most Americans view "morality" as almost exclusively being about sex. Raising moral concerns about things like having a job where you build missiles to be dropped on schools is likely to be met not so much with disagreement as confusion, about how that could possibly be a moral issue if it's both legal and doesn't involve your genitals.
Religious people went on about "morality" as a way to groom people into sexual.shame, and then exploit it to control them. This country's eaders don't know.the first thing about real morality
The US is cooked. Decades of press capture by right-wing billionaires, educational capture by religious zealots and defunding, etc.. none of this is accidental. Uninformed, uneducated, religious fundamentalists are easy to manipulate.
You could present these results as coming from a survey of any of the "shithole countries" (Haiti, El Slavador, Africa broadly) the US pedo in charge has turned his nose up against, and nobody would think the results are odd. But look at these comments - disbelief.
As a dane, this explains a lot with all the weird stuff you hear about the US these days.
I honestly didn't realize that beating children was still so popular.
I've actually heard several different women try to argue that if a man even just looks at pornography it somehow counts as "cheating". They were all quite upset when no one agreed with them but seemed unwilling to change their opinion. They did not appreciate my laughter but in all fairness I genuinely thought they were trying to make a joke
I had a gf like this, caught me looking at the fappening pics. Said I was cheating... Bout 3 months later I found out she'd been taking dick from 2 different dudes for more than a year. People will do anything to feel superior to others.
Apparently there are a lot of SWERFs (Sex Work Exclusionary Radical Feminists)
AKA fake feminists
My family's from the South. I have seen some shit you wouldn't believe.
But 4-in-10 finding homosexuality "morally wrong" is jaw dropping, to me. Another 23%, just "acceptable." In 2026?
WTF.
I thought homophobes were dying out, but apparently not.
"Morally acceptable" and "not a moral issue" combine into the greater "not morally wrong" category. Personally I'd put it in "not moral issue," but I don't assume any I'll will on the part of people saying it's "acceptable"
You should look at the 2024 California same sex referendum. Lots of counties voted no, including Merced and Fresno.
Americans are staggeringly conservative
More people think it's morally wrong to get a divorce than to have a billion dollars. Fuck me we're screwed.
We really are a failed society aren't we?
more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).
Meanwhile extreme wealth and spanking were two out of the three (four with caveats) I saw that I thought were morally wrong.
I would love to see how the abortion and death penalty categories overlap.
You can't get the American population to think "being rich" is morally wrong when even the language of the question doesn't even correctly define how that wealth was obtained.
An educated population would understand class conflict. But, even "being rich" is a horrible survey question. Yeah, you can't say "being bourgeoise" or "capitalist exploitation". But the survey at the very least should ask "being a billionaire". If the question was asked that way the results would definitely shift by at least 10% or more.
It also leans into the false premise that class consciousness is about hating "rich" people. It's not. Socialism isn't a poverty cult. It's about criticizing the exploitative systems that allow billionaires to exist. To critize the class structures.
It is wild to me that homosexuality is still a more contentious topic in this country than literal life or death policies with very real considerations of severe human suffering like the death penalty or access to euthanasia.
Gays are about on par with atheism in rankings like this, I'm kind of surprised atheism wasn't on this list. But yeah it hurts seeing it. There are ways to cut the data that aren't so harsh, like support for rights can be there even if they're thinking we're gonna burn.
some of these are "it depends". for example, using drugs like marijuana, alcohol, or participating in gambling isn't a moral issue by itself, but the industry that advertises and facilitates it is.
also, porn can be unethically or ethically sourced, so there I would hesitate between "not a moral issue" and "morally wrong"
I believe your morals are morally wrong.
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