Which group do you think is more popular in the United States — evangelical Christians or gay people?
According to a recent poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for the Human Rights Campaign, gay and lesbian people are now more popular than evangelical Christians.
The survey of 1000 likely 2016 voters nationwide asked respondents about their feelings toward gay and lesbian people and evangelical Christians. Fifty-three percent said they had favorable feelings toward gays and lesbians (up 13 points from 2011) while only 42% felt the same way about evangelical Christians. When it came to unfavorable feelings, only 18% claimed to have them toward gays and lesbians while 28% feel that way about evangelical Christians.
We’ve been told that the LGBT community is a minority in need of special legal rights and protections, but as this group continues to gain acceptance and win legal battles nationwide, another group — evangelical Christians — is finding itself increasingly marginalized and discriminated against. Now that the LGBT community is winning the nation’s popularity contest (and Christians are losing) maybe we ought to rethink who the real powerbrokers are in this country.
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