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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The American public’s views of the family are “complicated” and becoming “more pessimistic than optimistic about the institution of marriage and the family,” according to a new report from Pew Research Center.
Social and legal changes in recent decades have increased the variety of households in the United States, data shows. A growing share of U.S. adults in recent decades have either delayed or foregone marriage, according to Pew’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. The Supreme Court has in recent years expanded the legal rights of people who identify as LGBTQ+, notably in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodgesdecision authorizing same-sex marriages nationwide, and again in a 2020 ruling finding that a key provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, includes LGBTQ+ workers.
The survey about the future of the country found that when asked about marriage and family, 40% of Americans said they are very or somewhat pessimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. Just 25% are very or somewhat optimistic; another 29% said they are neither optimistic nor pessimistic.
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Social and legal changes in recent decades have increased the variety of households in the United States, data shows. A growing share of U.S. adults in recent decades have either delayed or foregone marriage, according to Pew’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. The Supreme Court has in recent years expanded the legal rights of people who identify as LGBTQ+, notably in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodgesdecision authorizing same-sex marriages nationwide, and again in a 2020 ruling finding that a key provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, includes LGBTQ+ workers.
The survey about the future of the country found that when asked about marriage and family, 40% of Americans said they are very or somewhat pessimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. Just 25% are very or somewhat optimistic; another 29% said they are neither optimistic nor pessimistic.
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Pew: Americans pessimistic about future of marriage and family
The Pew survey about the future of the country found that when asked about marriage and family, 40% of Americans said they are very or somewhat pessimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. Just 25% are very or somewhat optimistic; another 29% said they are neither optimistic nor...
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