Despite shifts toward greater acceptance in US public opinion and policy, lesbian, gay, and
bisexual people remain widely stigmatized. This article reviews empirical research on …

Over the last three decades, many countries across the world, including the United States,
have experienced major increases in support for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual …

One of the most substantial divides in American politics is the “God gap.” Religious voters
tend to identify with and support the Republican Party, while secular voters generally …

Across the globe, the debate over homosexuality continues, with great variation in public
opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality, laws regulating same-sex unions and …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

There is widespread interest in understanding anti-Muslim prejudice in Europe, but there is
little systematic evidence about the extent and patterns of the prejudice. Using data from the …

This research note examines changes in attitudes toward same-sex marriage over time.
Using OLS regression and decomposition techniques to analyze General Social Survey …

This fully updated Sixth Edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students
to the basic theories and methods in the field, and shows them how to apply these analytic …

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community includes a diverse set of groups,
including distinct groups based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity, but it is not …

Using hierarchical linear models fitted to data from the World Values Survey and national
statistics for 35 countries, this article builds on the postmaterialist thesis by assessing the …