{"id":32447,"date":"2022-09-10T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/half-of-americans-say-u-s-has-poor-morality\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:09:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:09:57","slug":"half-of-americans-say-u-s-has-poor-morality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/half-of-americans-say-u-s-has-poor-morality\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of Americans Say U.S. Has Poor Morality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

More Americans than ever say U.S. moral values are poor, and they believe things are continuing to head in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n

According to a new Gallup survey, 49 percent of Americans say the overall state of moral values in the country today is poor\u2014the highest number since Gallup began asking the question in 2002.<\/p>\n

Thirty-seven percent say moral values are \u201conly fair,\u201d while 14 percent say they are \u201cexcellent\u201d or \u201cgood.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2011, 38 percent said the nation\u2019s moral values were poor, 38 percent said they were fair, and 23 percent said they were excellent or good.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans have always viewed the state of U.S. morals more negatively than positively. But the latest figures are the worst to date,\u201d says the Gallup report.<\/p>\n

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In 10 of the last 12 years, Americans have been decidedly more likely to rate national morality as poor than fair.<\/p>\n

More than three-quarters (77 percent) say moral values are currently getting worse.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s slightly down from 2006 to 2008, when 81 to 82 percent thought morality was declining.<\/p>\n

Today, 18 percent say our national moral values are getting better.<\/p>\n

Politically, Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing\u2014our national moral values are poor.<\/p>\n

Gallup calculates a moral value index by combining the question about current moral values and the direction of our morality. Today, the index for Americans who are Democrats or lean Democratic is -46, while the index for Republicans and lean Republican is -48.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the closest the two parties have been since 2004, when both had -40 index scores.<\/p>\n

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The recent convergence of scores happened after Donald Trump was elected president. In 2015, the index of Democrats was -14, with Republicans at -62.<\/p>\n

At -46 today, the Democratic index score is the most negative since Gallup began asking the question.<\/p>\n

While Americans have consistently seen the national morality as poor in Gallup\u2019s survey, the issues they see as morally acceptable have shifted significantly.<\/p>\n

Opposition to adultery remains strong, but Americans are less disapproving of many other issues traditionally regarded as sin, Gallup research shows.<\/p>\n

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