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Sun Aug 5, 2018, 05:51 AM Aug 2018

Two-fifths of straight people think homosexuality is a 'moral detriment' [View all]

A new US survey has revealed that 40% of straight millennials think homosexuality is damaging to society’s moral values.

Surprisingly, 20% of LGBT+ millennials surveyed also felt that homosexuality was eroding morality.

The numbers varied significantly between different groups surveyed. 45% of African American respondents said that homosexuality was deteriorating society’s moral values, compared to 42% of Latinx people, 34% of white people and 28% of Asian Americans.

The surprising result is in sharp contrast with the rest of the survey’s results, which show broad support among millennials for LGBT+ rights.

Of the 1,750 millennials surveyed, most were concerned by incidences of hate crimes and bullying against LGBT+ people. The survey found strong support for reducing the incidences of both.

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