{"id":2152,"date":"2026-06-17T06:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:07:31","slug":"how-progressives-obliterated-their-lgbtq-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n

OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tides are turning when it comes to Americans\u2019 views on LGBTQ issues, with decreases across the board on everything from support for same-sex nuptials to moral beliefs on attempts to change one\u2019s gender.<\/p>\n

Read more The follow-the-money question ProPublica does not want asked<\/a><\/p>\n

Before we get into the \u201cwhy,\u201d it\u2019s essential to understand exactly what\u2019s unfolding. Though the majority of Americans (65%) still favor the legalization of same-sex matrimony, support is down 6 percentage points since its height in 2022 and 2023, according to Gallup.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also been a decline in the percentage of those who believe gay and lesbian relationships are \u201cmorally acceptable,\u201d with 62% fitting into that category \u2014 the lowest percentage observed since 2016. For context, that share was 40% in 2001.<\/p>\n

The third issue \u2014 so-called gender reassignment \u2014 is now at just 38% moral acceptability, a decline of 8 percentage points over the past few years. In 2021, that percentage was 46%, showing a steep decline that cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

Digging beneath the numbers, it\u2019s easy to see that the most notable shifts are being primarily driven by Republicans. On gay marriage, just 37% of GOP adherents support legalized gay marriage, down from 55% in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

The same Republican trend can be seen when it comes to the belief that gay and lesbian relationships are moral. Right now, just 35% of GOP adherents believe this, down 21 percentage points from 2022.<\/p>\n

As for the moral acceptability of transitioning one\u2019s gender, only 5% of Republicans believe such a move is ethical, showcasing a 22-percentage-point decline.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that independents also have seen modest decreases when it comes to support for legalized gay marriage (6 points down) and the morality of gay and lesbian relationships (8 points down).<\/p>\n

These statistics are important to understand for a plethora of reasons. For years, culture has been moving in a more progressive and relativistic direction, yet something changed during the 2024 elections as a litany of issues forced Americans to rethink this approach.<\/p>\n

For many years, people had been told that an embrace of same-sex marriage wouldn\u2019t change anything \u2014 that everyone else\u2019s marriages and lives would be unsullied and untouched.<\/p>\n

And, for many in the LGBTQ community, this was an authentic promise. Yet some activists had different plans. Once same-sex nuptials were legalized nationwide after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Obergefell v. Hodges decision in June 2015, it seemed there was no end to the advocacy and cultural insanity that followed.<\/p>\n

Read more Legacy of the war with Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

Soon, Christian bakers were being fined six figures for declining to make same-sex wedding cakes, photographers were being bullied into providing services for gay weddings, and anyone unwilling \u2014 due to their sincerely-held religious beliefs \u2014 to participate found themselves on the cancel culture chopping block.<\/p>\n

Though some in the LGBTQ community rebuffed these efforts, others went full bore. As the debates percolated, it seemed the cultural headwinds were simply heading in an anti-Christian direction, with liberals taking the reins of control and punishing faithful business owners.<\/p>\n

Then, the transgender movement\u2019s power began to elevate. And with that, the presence of biological men in women\u2019s sports became a major issue, with safety and fairness concerns raging. Many LGBTQ activists argued that biological men deserved to be in women\u2019s sports, further sparking alarm.<\/p>\n

With the issue then making its way into high school locker rooms, where males, again, were given presence in females\u2019 spaces, that hysteria only swelled. Meanwhile, the public became aware of children being put on puberty blockers and undergoing \u201cgender-affirming\u201d surgeries \u2014 again igniting worries and horror.<\/p>\n

Cancel culture attempted to silence those seeking common sense on child transitions and men in women\u2019s sports, but this tactic failed. People such as President Trump and other public figures began speaking out, which gave ordinary citizens permission to voice their own concerns.<\/p>\n

In many ways, the gender chaos shifted the 2024 elections away from progressives who were hostile toward these common-sense worries. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a Christian organization, says he believes the public shifts seen in the Gallup data are rooted in false promises that gay marriage wouldn\u2019t impact any other issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think most Americans are pretty much laissez-faire \u2026\u2019Just don\u2019t bother me,\u2019\u201d Mr. Perkins told CBN News. \u201cAnd they were sold that this was not going to affect them, that this was just about two people who loved each other being able to marry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, here we are \u2026 about a little over a decade removed from that, and we realize it\u2019s about much more. It\u2019s about the policies that govern bathrooms all across America, it\u2019s about what our children are being indoctrinated with in schools and the parents not being told about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Perkins is right. If progressives are looking for anyone to blame for their losses on LGBTQ rights, they can safely grab a mirror and stare at the reflection of a people who vastly overplayed their hands.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Billy Hallowell is a digital TV host and interviewer for Faithwire and CBN News and the co-host of CBN\u2019s \u201cQuick Start Podcast.\u201d Mr. Hallowell is also the author of four books.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more Vance spars with \u2018The View\u2019 co-hosts over Epstein files: \u2018We are not holding anything back\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tides are turning when it comes to Americans’ views on LGBTQ issues, with decreases across the board on everything from support for same-sex nuptials to moral beliefs on attempts to change one’s gender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[500,1151],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","category-opinion","tag-gallup","tag-lgbtq"],"yoast_head":"\nHow progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts - Home Buyer Relocation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts - Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The tides are turning when it comes to Americans' views on LGBTQ issues, with decreases across the board on everything from support for same-sex nuptials to moral beliefs on attempts to change one's gender.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T06:07:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"headline\":\"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T06:07:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152\"},\"wordCount\":875,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gallup\",\"Lgbtq\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Commentary\",\"Opinion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152\",\"name\":\"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts - Home Buyer Relocation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T06:07:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2152#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Buyer Relocation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts - Home Buyer Relocation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts - Home Buyer Relocation","og_description":"The tides are turning when it comes to Americans' views on LGBTQ issues, with decreases across the board on everything from support for same-sex nuptials to moral beliefs on attempts to change one's gender.","og_url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152","og_site_name":"Home Buyer Relocation","article_published_time":"2026-06-17T06:07:31+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"headline":"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts","datePublished":"2026-06-17T06:07:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152"},"wordCount":875,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg","keywords":["Gallup","Lgbtq"],"articleSection":["Commentary","Opinion"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152","name":"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts - Home Buyer Relocation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-17T06:07:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e6c60bf70215a039563934365aa7c75.jpg","width":1200,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2152#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How progressives obliterated their LGBTQ efforts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/","name":"Home Buyer Relocation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com"],"url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}